Shipping line

Shipping line

A shipping line is a business that operates ships that it may or may not own. An example of a shipping line would be Mitsui O.S.K. Line ("MOL") or the Orient Overseas Container Line ("OOCL")

History of shipping lines

Large-scale shipping lines only became widespread in the nineteenth century, after the development of the steamship in 1783. At first, Great Britain was the centre of development of the shipping line. In 1819 the first steamship crossing of the Atlantic Ocean took place; by 1833 shipping lines had begun to operate steamships between Britain and British Empire possessions such as India and Canada. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/victorian_technology_01.shtml British History - Victorian Technology] , BBC History] Three major British shipping lines were founded in the 1830s: the British and American Steam Navigation Company, the Great Western Steamship Company and the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company.

Almost every shipping line is registered on well known ports of the world and only the registered shipping lines are allowed to enter the port. Port has different names in different languages like BandarGah in Urdu, Mina in Arabic and Bandar in Farsi. Iran has two big ports. One is [http://www.bandarimam.com Bandar Imam] and second is Bandar Abbas.

References

ee also

*List of ship companies
*Ocean liner
*Onedin Line episode list
*World Shipping Council


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