PONL Heritage - Celebrating the past, staying in touch in the future...
PONL Heritage exists to preserve the history of P&O Nedlloyd and helps former employees around the world to stay in touch.
Ian Thompson (15 Jun)
SCARA Golf Day 2024 (event report) (27 May)
Fred Gray (21 Apr)
PONL Italy reunion report (21 Apr)
PONL Heritage
The sad news continues, this time about the passing of Alfred Lo, former Managing Director For P&O Nedlloyd Hong Kong
Further sad news about the passing of a former colleague, Ian Thompson who worked in various operations and logistics roles in Barking, Hainault and Beagle House
Sad news to pass on about the passing on of Fred Gray, ex-Blue Star, P&OCL, P&O Nedlloyd and Maersk in Tilbury and Beagle House
An event for those who were sea staff with the company - The 14th International Bay Boats Reunion takes place in Liverpool 5-6 July this year.
167 friends and former colleagues gather in Hamburg for the PONL Germany 2024 reunion.
Former 'P&ONllers' meet up in San Donato for their PONL Italy April 2024 Reunion.
Captain Ken #36 - Pirates and Hammerheads - Reflections on the current threats to shipping from pirates and terrorists, and then memories of a different threat to life and limb - Hammerhead sharks!
Captain Ken #35 - Perfect Storm - Ken Owen recalls some occasions when he encountered storms in the North Atlantic.
A Life in Shipping: Part 1 - Christian Kuepers account of his time with Hapag-Lloyd, his involvement with the early days for the Trio and then AECS, and his return to freight forwarding before joining the Cobra Tonnage Centre.
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SCARA
Members' PONLHeritage update June 2024, including Alfred Lo, and reunions in Hamburg and Liverpool
Report on the 2024 Liverpool/North West reunion event
Announcement on the date (12/11/2024) for the 2024 Annual Reunion Lunch in London
A reminder for members and non-members about about the SCARA North West Reunion being held in Liverpool on 13/06/2024
Event report for SCARA Golf Day 2024
SCARA: News and Updates April 2024 - Two reunions done and one still to come!
SCARA Southampton reunion report - 49 former colleagues meet up for the third annual gathering in the port city that was so important for the company.
Sad news about the passing of Tony Coughlin who had 30+ years in shipping including UK/Eire Sales with Nedlloyd Lines and P&O Nedlloyd - Updated with funeral information
Report and photographs for the SCARA Essex reunion lunch held at Stanford le Hope on 21 March 2024
SCARA is an association for former staff members of P&O Nedlloyd and its predecessor companies. For information on how to join, please go to SCARA information.
We need YOUR content contributions!
Is there an event taking place that you think your former colleagues might want to attend? Is there a story linked to PONL that you would like to share? If there is anything that you think would be of interest if published here then please drop us a line using ponlheritage@gmail.com - Many thanks!
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Where are they now?
Latest: Carsten Vollmer, René Jacobs, Martin Lloyd & Dave Kelsall
It would be great to get an update from as many former colleagues around the world as we can. Please visit the Where are they now? area of the site and consider sending in your own entry - Thank you!
Reunions
Have you recently held a reunion? If so then we would really like to be able to share that news in the Reunions section of this website. To see the reports filed in the past please go to the Reunion Reports page. You can then send in your own report to ponlheritage@gmail.com.
PONLHeritage Flickr group
250+ P&O Nedlloyd-related photographs on PONLHeritage's own Flickr group... Browse the collection and share your own images of reunions, ships, containers, offices, ports, etc.
The PONL Fleet
Immediately before the A.P. Moller-Maersk takeover the P&O Nedlloyd fleet consisted of more than 170 vessels.
Useful links
Links to various websites for information about our heritage, PONL-related social media, pension funds, retail, etc.