Bibby Line

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The Bibby Line Group can be traced back to the shipbroking partnership of Bibby & Hall, which was founded in 1801. It is and always has been based in Liverpool.

The Bibby Line was founded in 1807 by the first John Bibby (1775-1840).

In 2002, Sir Derek Bibby, 2^nd baronet and great-great-grandson of the founder and past chairman and president of the firm, was aged 80 and terminally ill with leukaemia. He committed suicide October 9, 2002 by consuming aluminium phosphide - a poison which hours later caused his body to emit dangerous fumes forcing the evacuation of the hospital where his body was being held.[1]