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2 unusual facts about James Hackman Tachie-Menson


James Hackman Tachie-Menson

Captain Tachie-Menson served in the British Merchant Navy from 1951 to 1960, on board various ships in the fleet of the Liverpool-based shipping company, Elder Dempster Lines, while simultaneously pursuing prescribed courses and maritime studies at the Liverpool Nautical College (now Maritime Academy at Liverpool John Moores University).

In 1980, as a result of political instability in his native country, Ghana, Captain Tachie-Menson returned to England and back to sea as Captain on various vessels initially in the fleet of the Nigerian National Shipping Line, and subsequently with the fleet of GRUNDSTAD MARITIME OVERSEAS, INC., a company founded by his longtime friend and shipping colleague, Oddmund Grundstad.



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