C. Y. Tung and the Rise of Modern Chinese Shipping

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The biography of C. Y. Tung, a legendary Hong Kong shipowner, was published after more than half a century of research by maritime historian Professor Howard Dick and Stephen Kentwell. The work chronicles Tung’s pivotal role in the rise of modern Chinese shipping.

Few shipping books take more than half a century to reach publication. For maritime historian Professor Howard Dick and co-author Stephen Kentwell, however, the story of legendary Hong Kong shipowner C. Y. Tung became a lifelong project stretching from an encounter with one of his early containerships in 1970 to the launch of their biography …