Still had when this picture were taken in Singapore:
Photo: René Mostert [ View profile ]
Captured: Nov 27, 1995,
The concept of palatized cargo handle through side ports were invented by Fred Olsen Jr. in the late1950s, First used on his ships carrying fruit from Canary Isle to London. (First at Canary Wharfs, later at Millwall Docks) :
(Photographs provided by Fred. Olsen & Co, Oslo)
Source: Fred. Olsen & Co. and the Millwall Docks | Isle of Dogs – Past Life, Past Lives
As the story goes the dock workers didn’t like this development. They insisted that a full gang, incl, winch operators and signal man, had to be employed for discharging.
(Forklift drivers were not incl, in the “gang”)
The then very young Fred Olsen Jr. met with the stevedores to put his side of the story. He apparently made such a forceful argument that one of the union reps said; “Damn, if he wasn’t a shipowner, we could elect him as our Union boss”.