Indeed, the company’s roots can be traced back to a freight-handling company set up in 1935. But the significance of Huelin-Renouf, which has just announced that it has ceased trading, goes far beyond the presence of local ships in local waters. It was among the Island’s lifeline operators.

Other carriers – notably Condor – might handle more Jersey freight, but it is estimated that before its operations ceased it accounted for a quarter of all goods arriving by sea.

Read the rest of this leader comment in Tuesday’s JEP.

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