The Australia Japan Container Line (AJCL) was
formed in August 1968 by Overseas Container Lines (OCL) with Australia West
Pacific Line (AWPL) and Associated Container Transportation Limited (ACT - a
combination of Ben Line, Blue Star Line, Cunard (Port Line), Ellerman Lines and the Harrison Line).
The OCL stake in
this group also included the historic partners China Navigation Co. and
Eastern & Australan. In 1970, CNCo. chartered the Danish dry cargo
vessel NANCHAN to AJCL - an
arrangement that lasted 3 years until her sale. Thereafter AJCL
operated two jointly-owned 1,150 TEU cellular container ships, ARIAKE and ARAFURA (II)
in a consortium that also included some of the major Japanese lines.
In 1987, P&O bought out Ocean Transport"s 53% share in
OCL and became P&O Containers. In 1991 the joint venture services
covered by AJCL and AAE were amalgamated to become P&O Swire
Containers (POSC) in which Swire's held 26%. POSC operated ARAFURA (II)
in a consortium with ANL, Mitsui OSK (MOL), NYK and Kawasaki Kisen
Kaisha (K line), serving Australia to North and East Asia.
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