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The American Line was a shipping company that operated independently from 1871 until 1932, when it was absorbed into the United States Lines.. The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based company was the largest American shipping company during its existence, rivaled only by Baltimore-based Atlantic Transport Lines, although all American oceanic shipping concerns were dwarfed by British companies such ...
The Hamburg America Line lost almost the entirety of its fleet twice, as a result of World Wars I and II. In 1970, the company merged with its longstanding rival, Norddeutscher Lloyd of Bremen, to establish the present-day company Hapag-Lloyd. In the post-war years, HAPAG rebuilt its fleet and focused on cargo container transport.
New Zealand Shipping Company; Ocean Village; Olau Line; Orient Steam Navigation Company, "Orient Line" Pacific Steam Navigation Company; Palm Line; Port Line; Red Star Line; Shaw, Savill & Albion Line; Silver Line; Townsend Bros Ferries (merged into P&O Ferries) Townsend Thoresen (merged into P&O Ferries) Union-Castle Line; White Star Line
United American Lines, the common name of the American Shipping and Commercial Corporation, was a shipping company founded by W. Averell Harriman in 1920. Intended as a way for Harriman to make his mark in the business world outside of his father, railroad magnate E. H. Harriman, the company was financed by the younger Harriman's mother, Mary Williamson Harriman.
The America Line was originally the central element of direct links from Magdeburg and, most importantly, Berlin to the North Sea ports. It was given its colloquial name because many emigrants from East and West Prussia, Silesia and the provinces of Posen and Pomerania travelled on the line to Bremerhaven, where there was a connexion to emigration ships sailing to America at the "Old" and "New ...
The cruise industry was very different in 1970, catering to an estimated 500,000 passengers. Three decades later that had jumped to five million thanks, say industry experts, in large part to a ...
1999: America Online has over 18 million subscribers and is now the biggest internet provider in the country, with higher-than-expected earnings. It acquires MapQuest for $1.1 billion in December.
American Black Sea Line; American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier; American Shipping Company; American Steamship Company; Anchor Line (riverboat company) Atlantic Container Line; Atlantic Fruit Company; Atlantic Transport Line