Oceanic and Oriental Navigation Company

The Oceanic and Oriental Navigation Company, sometimes shortened to O & O, was an American shipping company that operated from 1928 to 1938. The company was a joint venture between Matson Navigation Company and the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.

In 1927, Swayne & Hoyt Lines, a San Francisco-based shipping company, was operating the American-Australian-Orient Line cargo service with ships under charter from the United States Shipping Board (USSB). The American-Australian-Orient Line sailed between ports in the California to ports in Australia, New Zealand, and China.^[1] When Swayne & Hoyt's financial difficulties hindered their operation of the USSB ships,^[2] the Oceanic and Oriental Navigation Company was formed as a joint venture between the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company and Oceanic-Matson, a subsidiary of Matson Navigation Company, with each company holding a 50% stake in Oceanic and Oriental.^[3] Oceanic-Matson operated the California – Australia – New Zealand routes, while the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company operated the routes to China.^[2]

By 1938, Oceanic and Oriental had ceased operations.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Large shipping deal in making". Los Angeles Times: p. 11. 18 October 1927. 
2. ^ ^{a b} McMillan, Joe (7 November 2001). "Oceanic and Oriental Navigation Co". House Flags of U.S. Shipping Companies. FOTW Flags of the World. http://www.fotw.us/flags/us~hfo.html#oceanandoriental. Retrieved 23 September 2008. 
3. ^ de la Pedraja Tomán, p. 450–51.
4. ^ de la Pedraja Tomán, p. 382.

Bibliography

• de la Pedraja Tomán, René (1994). A Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Merchant Marine and Shipping Industry: Since the Introduction of Steam. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313272257. OCLC 29311518.