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- 1 2 3 Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport: History of the Company
- ↑ "Ocean Liner Museum". Archived from the original on 13 August 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ↑ Northwest Shipbuilders win Royal Fleet contract Liverpool Daily Post, 12 December 2007
- ↑ Cammell Laird name returns to the Mersey Liverpool Daily Post., 24 October 2007
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