The CSA’s momentous birth year

Looking back to 1970

It may not have quite matched the drama of the first moon landing in 1969, but it was still a momentous year and certainly one to remember. The Brazilian National Soccer Team – containing Pelé, Jairzinho, Carlos Alberto and Rivellino – beat Italy 4-1 in the greatest World Cup final ever played; soon to cease production, the Boeing 747 entered service for the first time and the aborted Apollo 13 moon mission held the rapt attention of the entire planet. This then was 1970.

But for just a few, something happened in mid-Atlantic Bermuda in 1970 that probably eclipsed all of those historic events. This was the inaugural meeting of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA). Many years have passed since the CSA was formed and most of those involved in the Association’s creation are sadly no longer with us and so some of the recollections of that historic gathering are now a bit hazy.

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