text: 1st March 2014 marked a very auspicious date in the history of Pritchard-Gordon Tankers. On 1st March 1984 Dave Campbell established Campbell Maritime and without Campbell Maritime, it is doubtful that Pritchard-Gordon Tankers would be the company we know today. To mark the event Dave Campbell was presented with a celebratory cake by his family and, of course, the obligatory curry night was enjoyed by the team from the South Shields office.
  As can be seen from the photos below, PG vessels were a little different back in the day when compared to those that we are familiar with now and look at that smoke!