Victorian businessman Charles Samuel Hunting received a 21st birthday present to remember — two sailing ships — in 1870. Those vessels from his father, Charles Hunting Senior, clearly whetted his appetite and by 1893 Hunting Junior was preparing to take delivery of one of the world’s first oil tankers, the 5,000-dwt Duffield.
It was at this stage that Hunting joined forces with Edward Aisbett Gibson to form brokerage EA Gibson & Company.
