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2.31  SHIPPING LINES

 

 

The name of the Holland-America Line is probably known throughout the world.

In Holland it started out as one of the many shipping lines that used Dutch ports as a connection with other continents

 

   

 

(V.S.N.) Verenigde Nederlandse Stoomvaartmaatschappijen  (United Dutch Steamship-companies)

 

 

Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (S.M.N.) 

 

 

 

Koninklijke
Nederlandse
Stoomvaart
Maatschappij
=
Royal
Netherlands
Steamship
Company

 

 

(K.P.M.) Koninklijke Pakketvaart Maatschappij (Royal Packet Company) a.o.


   

 

Royal Dutch Lloyd

   

 

The Rotterdam Lloyd was later appointed Royal Rotterdam Lloyd.

 

Sometimes it's made hard to determine the name of the company. Unknown flags or a tiny emblem on a ship don't really help.

Further below:
foreign shipping lines.

    

 


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