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Cockfield, Knight & Co. Ltd.
was established in 1981 on the initiative of Jim
Cockfield and John Knight, and with the encouragement
and support of Smith,
Hogg and Co. Ltd., fellow shipbrokers and
agents based in Hartlepool.
Smith, Hogg and Co. Ltd. also fully own Amundsen
and Smith Ltd., shipbrokers and agents whose
offices are at Seaham, County Durham. All three
companies are mutually integrated and are proud
of their independence.
Cockfield Knight is the youngster of the group;
Smith Hogg and Amundsen and Smith having been
established in 1904 and 1919 respectively. Having
said this, the company feels it has inherited
the tradition and legacy of a once well known
name in Middlesbrough shipping circles, that of
T.A.Bulmer Ltd.
Founded in 1875 by the brothers Thomas and Alfred
Bulmer, the company survived in family control
for nearly a century. Like many a family owned
company, later generations developed other interests
and lacked the will to remain at the helm. In
the early 1970's the Bulmer family sold out to
the Peckston Group whose collapse in 1980 was
the catalyst in establishing Cockfield Knight.
Neither Jim Cockfield nor John Knight had any
family connections with Bulmers, although both
remembered their time with the company with affection.
Jim Cockfield died in July 2002, and could claim
a virtual lifetime spent in their employment,
rising from office boy to director, having commenced
his shipping career on leaving school in 1936.
At an age when most would have contemplated retirement,
he boldly committed energy and resources into
establishing Cockfield Knight. John Knight was
a more recent recruit, joining T.A.Bulmer Ltd.
in 1974, having commenced his shipping career
with "The Ben Line", Edinburgh based
ship owners, long established in the Far East
liner trades.
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