Introduction
In shipping, it is not always easy to distinguish between "the line" and " the owner".
One of the most famous lines, the Red Star Line, can serve as an example. "Red Star Line" was only a trade name, not a corporation. It is not entirely clear who owned the name, but we can assume it was the International Navigation Company.
The main shipping line operating out of Antwerp was the Red Star Line. In 1906 it was the third most important shipping line out of the 26 offering sailings out of Europe. In 1908 they offered direct weekly sailings to New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, and a fortnightly service to Baltimore.
The Red Star Line belonged to the International Navigation Company, created in Philadelphia in 1871. In 1884 INC took over another shipping line, the American Line, which offered departures from Liverpool. In 1902 the conglomerate controlled the White Star Line, the Atlantic Transport Line, the Dominion Line, and the Leyland Line, totalling 133 vessels. J. Pierpont Morgan was the architect of this construction.
Main competitors of the Red Star Line were: Hapag Lloyd, Holland Amerika Line, Cunard Line, and Anchor Line.
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Shipping Lines
Ship Line Short Active R. Alexander Alexander American Line AL Atlantic Transport Co AT John P. Best, Barber & Co Best (1887) Brand N. Atlantic BNA Brit & Foreign Brit British Ind. SS Co BI H. Bucknill Bucknill Compagnie Belge de Navigation à Vapeur Transatlantique CBNVT 1841 - 1845? Cunard Line Cunard Dominion Line Engels Line: Theodore C. Engels & Co., Belgium Engels 1875 - 1888 Hamburg - America Linie HA Holland Amerika Lijn HAL IMMC International Sailing Ship Company, Antwerp ISSC 1875 - Intern. Navig Co IN W. Johnston Co Johnston Leyland Line Leyland National S.S. Co. National Nederland - Amerika Stoomver. NAS North Western SS Co. NW Panama Pacific Line PPL Pittsburg S.S. Pittsburg SS Principia Co Principia Red Star Line RSL Ross & Co Ross Société Anonyme de Navigation Transatlantique SANT1 1855 - 1857 Société Anonyme de Navigation Transatlantique SANT2 1881 - 1889 State Line Steamship Co., Ltd SL Temperly SS Co Temperly United States Shipping Board USSB J.H. Welsford Welsford Western Transit WT White Cross Line WCL 1851 - 1887 White Star Line WSL
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Shipping Agents
Agent Line / Owner represented Active von der BECKE, Antwerp Emile BROECKAERT, Vrasene Constant de BOCK-HERMANS Fred. FIERENS, Vrasene C. Henri STRAUSS, Kunstlaan 14, Antwerpen 1879
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