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.
Latest:
SCARA Essex 2025 reunion update (12 Apr)
Haye van Noord (9 Apr)
John Nawotka (26 Mar)
SCARA 2025 golf event - Update (13 Mar)
Captain Bob Eaton (updated 15 Feb)
SCARA 2025: Save these Dates (5 Feb)
Eddie Wipperman (1 Feb)
Wendy Daniel (30 Jan)
Colin Saint (updated 22 Dec)
PONL Heritage
Further sad news, this time from the Netherlands and about Haye van Noord who had over 40 years with KNSM, Mammoet Shipping, Ruy & Cp, Nedlloyd Lines and P&O Nedlloyd.
Sad news from Australia about the passing of John Nawotka who worked for PONL in the Sydney office.
Lots of familiar faces at the Birmingham 2024 reunion, some attending for the first time.
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 #39 - Piracy on the High Seas - Recollections of piracy incidents in the Far East
Captain Ken #38 - Meetings with a Prince - Captain Ken Owen recalls some occasions when he met HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh
Captain Ken #37 - Doctor on Board - Ken Owen recalls some of the medical cases that he was involved with during his time at sea.
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
An update for the Essex/South East region curry lunch at Stanford-le-Hope on 21/05/2025
An update, including the names of those already booked to attend - SCARA lunch in Southampton on 24 April
Another update, this time on the SCARA 2025 annual golf event on 13 May
We are sorry to have to announce the sad news of the passing of Captain Bob Eaton who was at sea and worked in the London and Southampton offices
A summary of SCARA events planned for 2025
Invitation to the 2025 SCARA reunion in Leeds on 16 February
More sad news, this time about the passing of Eddie Wipperman. Eddie's career with the company was with the Cargo department in the South East region
We are very sorry to have to advise that Wendy Daniel. who worked in the Insurance & Claims team in Beagle House has sadly passed away
Christmas message from David Cross, SCARA Chair
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 Membership.
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: Colin de Souza, Bill McLaughlin, Liz Farnell, Carsten Vollmer, René Jacobs & Martin Lloyd
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 & other events
The PONL Heritage website can help promote local reunions and gatherings in our Events section, and after they've taken place we can help share your report and photographs in our Reunion Reports area. Please contact ponlheritage@gmail.com if you think we can help.
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.