The firm does business
Trade & charter
Standing runs, fixed spring rates, and one named correspondent rather than a portal.
The trade terms
How the firm does business
Merchants hold standing weekly runs, renewed each spring at the rate meeting. Charters book the Bridgmoor Belle by the day, hull and crew included, and choose their own livery for the run. The firm's rule, unchanged since 1898, is that a person answers the letter.
0Standing runs
0Charters a season
0Rate disputes since 1898