Minute books of an unnamed shipping committee, 1949–1991, 24 volumes

Origin: Port of Rotterdam historical archive
Dated: 1949–1991
Extent: 2914 pages
Status: accepted
Redactions: None. Book 9 has water damage to pages 41–48.

Chain of custody

Transferred to a public port archive in 1994 as part of a defunct shipping association's records, catalogued under shipping, and shelved correctly. They have been publicly available for thirty-two years. Before this newspaper, they had been requested twice. Nothing about obtaining them was difficult, which is the most interesting fact in the story that cites them.

Held by: Port of Rotterdam historical archive; open four days a week

Excerpt

BOOK 14 · MEETING 288 · 14 OCTOBER 1980

 1. Tonnage. Chair reported the position. Agreed.
 2. Insurance. War-risk band revised. Agreed.
 3. Sequencing. Discussed. Agreed.
 4. No further business. 41 minutes.

Transcribed by the data desk. Line breaks follow the original. Bracketed matter is ours.

Editor's note

The minutes discuss no war, name no belligerent, and mention no weapon, across 411 meetings. Any story citing them must say so and ours does, in the fourth paragraph.

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