Remembering Olau With a narrative based on

With a narrative based on extensive interviews with former senior directors and their teams in the UK and Ireland

the authors have tracked the surviving ships and collated an up to date illustrated fleet list

describing some of the pranks that he and others used to get up to

it is intended to give the general reader a broad overview of the development of modern merchant ship design practices

Remembering Olau With a narrative based onOlau Line was founded in 1956 by the Danish businessman Ole Lauritzen. Originally the company concentrated on chartering tankers and cargo ships to other shipping companies, but in 1974 they started a ferry services between Sheerness to Vlissingen using the Olau West and Olau East. In 1979 Ole Lauritzen was forced to sell 50% interest in Olau Line to the Germany based company TT Line. The following year, TT Line took full control of the operation and