| 2008 |
Geest Bananas Limited changes name to Geest Line Limited |
| 2002 |
Port operations in the UK moved to Portsmouth |
| 2001 |
Geest Bananas stops selling bananas in its own name in the UK |
| 1998 |
Geest Line uses controlled atmosphere for carriage of bananas for first time improving shelf life of fruit |
| 1998 |
Coventry Ripening centre opened |
| 1996 |
Geest plc sells Geest Bananas to a joint venture between Windward Islands Banana Development & Exporting Company (UK) Limited and Fyffes Group Limited |
| 1993 |
Geest St Lucia and Geest Dominica enter service |
| 1993 |
Geest Line port operations moved from Barry to Southampton |
| 1986 |
Geest plc quoted on London Stock Exchange |
| 1985 |
Geestbay rescues Richard Branson, Chay Blyth and crew of Virgin Atlantic Challenger from sea after their failed attempt to claim the Blue Ribbon trophy for fastest Atlantic crossing. |
| 1983 |
Geestport first commercial vessel into Grenada after American invasion |
| 1982 |
Port operations in UK moved to Avonmouth for a short period before returning to Barry |
| 1982 |
Geestport requisitioned by British Government to support Falklands War |
| 1982 |
New Geestport enters service |
| 1981 |
Geestbay enters service |
| 1973 |
New Geeststar enters service |
| 1972 |
Geestcrest and new Geestland enter service |
| 1971 |
Geesttide enters service |
| 1969 |
Geest stops using Liverpool following loss of fruit due to dock strike |
| 1966 |
Geestcape and Geesthaven enter service |
| 1964 |
Geestbay and Geestport enters service - first Geest ships under British flag |
| 1960’s |
Network of ripening centres developed - Heathfield(Devon), Ardrie (Scotland), St Helens (Lancashire), Spalding (Lincs), Stansted (Essex), Burnham, Lingfield, Shenstone and Warminster (Wilts) |
| 1961 |
First regular general cargo call for Geest to Barbados |
| 1960 |
Geestland and Geeststar enters service - Geest’s first purpose built banana boats |
| 1953 |
Charter of ships Windward Island and Leeward Islands bringing first shipment of bananas from Dominca to Preston then subsequent voyages to Preston and Liverpool |
| 1953 |
Geest Industries (WI) Limited formed in St Lucia and first consignment of bananas shipped on the Golden Gate to London docks. Antilles Banana Company acquired. |
| 1945 |
Geest enters shipping business across North Sea |
| 1935 |
Geest horticultural business formed by the Van Geest brothers in Spalding, UK. |
