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Contship Containerlines was a container shipping company that operated from 1969 to 2005 in India / Pakistan , Levante , Australia / New Zealand , South America and Asia, mainly to and from Europe .

The company was founded when the container revolution began and grew continuously as this market grew.

history

In 1968, Dr. Angelo Ravano Contship SA in Switzerland . The company's first trip was undertaken by the Sea Maid from Fos to Casablanca in October 1969.

In 1970 an agency was opened in Milan and the terminal operations in La Spezia began. Around 8,000 ISO container units  ( TEU ) were handled in the first year . In the following years a European network with subsidiaries in Spain and the Netherlands was established in 1973 and 1974. The relocation of the agency in Milan to Genoa in 1974 was accompanied by the expansion of the range of services to the eastern Mediterranean ports. In 1976 Ellerman City Liners was named Contship Agency in Portugal .

In 1977 two important steps were taken with the formation of a subsidiary in Great Britain and the launch of the first direct container service between Europe and India. This move reflected ambitions to become a meaningful player on key routes. Contship was the first shipping line in the container shipping industry , the container in Bombay (now Mumbai capsized). More experience was gained in 1979 when the Contship Gulf Line was established as a joint service with Ellerman City Liners - a new service that linked Europe with the Middle East .

In the second decade the development of society accelerated. By relocating its headquarters from Switzerland to Felixstowe and then Ipswich , Contship became an integral part of Britain's shipping companies. In the early 1980s, Contship expanded and expanded its interests. The agency for Trans Freight Lines won it in Spain . In the UK, it helped set up Arrowfreight , a freight forwarding company. In the meantime a parent company was founded in Curacao . All of these were steps to improve the company's international presence and reputation.

The Eagle Container Line , which connected Northern Europe and the Mediterranean with Australia , started as a non-conference service in 1982 and gave customers a service that was competitively priced and reliable. 1985 was a busy year with new agency companies in France and Italy, the start of the Euroasia Container Line and the introduction of 1000 TEU ships into the Eagle service. In terms of becoming a global organization, 1986 was particularly significant when the Ocean Star Container Line, a westward round-the-world service, was launched here. The following year the Medipas service, operating between the Mediterranean and India / Pakistan , was launched. The Contship Containerlines brand was founded in 1987 . She gradually took over management control of Contships container shipping services, agency and intermodal activities. At the end of the second decade, the Ocean Star service was expanded to include an Australia- Far East connection and northern European ports. With the acquisition of Costa Containerline , they started a Med-US East / Gulf Coast service.

In the 1990s, new ships were put into service in the Eagle service, the Costa service was revised and the container terminal service began in Salerno . 1991 was the year of major changes for the Indian subcontinent service with the addition of CMB Transport through an agreement to operate a joint service. In 1993, an agreement with P&O resulted in a restructuring of the Eagle service and an improvement in the Ocean Star service by adding larger tonnage . Further tonnage improvements in the Contship Euroasia service were made and the Gulf line was changed to the Contship Levant line in association with four partners in 1994. With the start of container terminal operations in Savona and Gioia Tauro in 1995 and with the restructuring of the Euroasia / Mediterranean-Asia service and the start of a Mediterranean- US Gulf / Mexico service, the range of services was further improved.

In 1996 the Levant service was modified and the Mediterranean-US / Mexico service was improved. The company also took over the Pro Line and thereby brought Contship Containerlines into business between Northern Europe and South America . A new era began in 1997 when Contship Containerlines was taken over by CP Ships , with Contship being one of the few shipping lines that CP took over at a profitable level. The Ocean Star service was given new tonnage and Contship partnered with the CMA-CGM group and Marfret in 1998. 1999 was a year of amalgamating existing activities and building a platform for further growth. Significant cost savings have been made, profitability improved, and new, complementary trades including the US west coast to the Mediterranean have been developed. In the same year Contship launched its website and, as the first container shipping company, painted its web address on the hull of its ships as a mobile advertisement.

In 2001 a new service was started between the People's Republic of China and Europe in partnership with CMA CGM, but this service had to be withdrawn at the beginning of March 2003 due to a lack of profitability, caused by an import / export imbalance, low freight rates and high fixed slot costs.

The Austral-Asia service was expanded at the end of 2002 with the new 4112 TEU reefer container ships Contship Aurora , Contship Australis and Contship Borealis (identical in construction to the Santa R class ) with a large number of reefer container connections. In 2003 the headquarters of Ipswich moved to the new joint headquarters of CP Ships in Gatwick . A new Contship logo was designed in 2004 as a result of a changed branding strategy, but it never achieved the recognition value of the old one. In January 2006, Contship Containerlines was the last brand to be replaced by the CP Ships brand, as CP only wanted to appear with one brand. This was advertised with the project “One brand - One team”. At the end of 2005, CP Ships was bought up by TUI AG and integrated into the Hapag-Lloyd organization in mid-2006 .

Contship Overland

Contship Overland was a division of Contship Containerlines that offered intermodal freight transport . The company had offices in Felixstowe , Glasgow and Milan, and worked with partners in Spain and Greece , providing rail and truck freight solutions where customers needed them. Its main business was intermodal container and swapbody transport between Great Britain and Italy , mostly by rail through the canal tunnel . After about ten years in business, Contship Overland was sold to the Rotterdam- based intermodal company Geest North Sea Line with effect from October 1, 2001.

Contship Italia Group

When Contship Containerlines was acquired by CP Ships in 1997 , the terminal operations in Italy remained an independent company, the majority of which was acquired in 1999 by the German logistics group Eurokai . Today this company operates under the name Contship Italia Group and continues to use the old Contship logo.

Awards

  • Lloyd's of London Press Liner Analysis Award for:
  • Daily Commercial News Lloyd's Award for:
    • Eagle service
    • Eastabout service
    • Mediterranean service
  • 8th International Freighting Weekly Shipping Line of the Year 2003 Award

International identifiers

SCAC : CCXL
Operator Code: CSA
BIC Codes (Container Prefixes): CSQU , HAMU , PLVU , CLGU , TLEU , PSBU , PCRU , FANU (Fantainer)

Ships

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Construction year Surname Surveying ( GT ) Capacity ( TEU ) shipyard IMO number Callsign flag Status / comment
? Contship Classica ? ? ? 9143246 ? ?
1981 Contship Champion 5,938 584 Rickmers shipyard , Bremerhaven , Germany 8104474 ? ? in service for Contship 1987/1988
1982 Contship Success 31,570 1,700 Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. , Tamano Works 8103406 ZCBF3 Bermuda Canmar Success 1997–1999, Contship Success 1999–2000, Cast Power 2000–2003, CP Power 2005–2006
1982 Contship Lugano 5,404 445 JJ Sietas KG Schiffswerft GmbH & Co. , Hamburg , Germany 8121032 ? ? in service for Contship from 1985 to 1988
1983 Contship Endeavor 32,152 1,950 Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. , Yokosuka 8204626 ZCBE7 Bermuda later names: Cast Performance , Canmar Endurance , CP Endurance
1983 Contship Spain 13,474 1,044 AG Weser Seebeckwerft , Germany 8209755 ? ?
1984 Contship Germany 12,691 1,128 Flender Werft AG , Lübeck , Germany 8324608 V2WU Antigua & Barbuda in service for Contship 1991/1992
1985 Contship Australia 10,287 1,021 Bremer Vulkan AG - shipbuilding , Germany 8513778 V2OB6 Antigua & Barbuda in service for Contship from 1990 to 1992
1985 Contship America 22,667 1,800 Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. , South Korea 8509387 V7BZ3 Marshall Islands
1985 Contship America 10,256 1,021 Bremer Vulkan AG - shipbuilding, Germany 8513766 V2AJ5 Antigua & Barbuda in service for Contship from Aug. to Nov. 1993
1985 Contship America 22,667 1,552 Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., South Korea 8408856 3EIP3 Panama briefly in service for Contship 1995/1996
1985 Contship Brave 10,282 1,228 Bremer Vulkan AG - shipbuilding, Germany 8415641 VSUV4 Great Britain in service for Contship from 1988 to 1994
1985 Contship Canada 9,367 1.002 Rickmers shipyard, Bremerhaven, Germany 8417558 V2CA1 Antigua & Barbuda
1985 Contship England 10,282 1,022 Bremer Vulkan AG - shipbuilding, Germany 8415615 DPEW Germany
1985 Contship Europe 10,282 1,022 Bremer Vulkan AG - shipbuilding, Germany 8415639 TCME Germany in service for Contship from 1989 to 1993,
2016 demolished in Aliaga
1985 Contship Italy 12,569 1,150 Flender Werft AG, Lübeck, Germany 8411205 H8TJ Panama in service for Contship 1989/1990
1986 Contship Egypt 13,335 896 VEB Schiffswerft Neptun , Rostock , Germany 8520379 P3GF8 Cyprus in service for Contship from 1991 to 1993, scrapped in China in 2013
1986 Contship Success 16,250 1,597 Bremer Vulkan AG - shipbuilding, Germany 8513780 ? ? in service for Contship from Dec. 1992 to 1994
1987 Contship Asia 10,811 1,022 Bremer Vulkan AG - shipbuilding, Germany 8614194 DPGD Germany in service for Contship from 1988 to 1991,
demolished in Chittagong in 2017
1988 Contship Asia 13,315 928 VEB Schiffswerft Neptun, Rostock, Germany 8609589 P3CA8 Cyprus
1988 Contship Houston 31,430 2,073 Chantiers du Nord et Mediterrane , France 8420907 ELUA5 Liberia in service for Contship 1997; further name TMM Oaxaca ; ran aground in the Mississippi Estuary in Dec. 1999 but was towed free
1989 Contship America 31,430 2,073 Chantiers du Nord et Mediterrane, France 8509387 H3QJ Panama
1989 Contship Noumea 18,000 1,743 Bremer Vulkan AG - shipbuilding, Germany 8902125 ELTY3 Liberia
1990 Contship Argentina 18,037 1,799 Bremer Vulkan AG - shipbuilding, Germany ? ? ? Contship Proline Service / in service for Contship 1996/1997 / explosion and fire in a hatch on November 9, 1998, broken up in Tampico, arrival May 4, 1999
1990 Contship Ipswich 16,236 1,597 AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Germany 8908167 A8JV6 Liberia
1990 Contship Jork 16,236 1,597 AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Germany 8908181 DEJA Germany Contship Ocean Star Service
1990 Contship La Spezia 16,236 1,597 AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Germany 8908179 ? Germany
1991 Contship Australia 16,236 1,597 AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Germany 9008524 ELVJ9 Liberia
1991 Contship Barcelona 16,236 1,599 Bremer Vulkan AG - shipbuilding, Germany 9008536 DQEX Germany Contship Ocean Star Service
1992 Contship Germany 16,236 1,600 Bremer Vulkan AG - shipbuilding, Germany 9051222 DLCX Germany Contship Eagle / Ocean Star Service - completely painted in pink,
scrapped in Civet Guandong in 2019
1992 Contship Mexico 30,567 1.933 Stocznia Gdańska SA , Poland 9039250 P3ZH4 Cyprus in service for Contship 1998/1999
1993 Contship Asia 16,236 1,597 AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Germany 9053244 DDQI Germany Contship Euroasia, Proline, Levant Service
1993 Contship Atlantic 23,130 1,684 AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Germany 9070022 DEAL Germany Contship Euroasia Service / in service for Contship from 1993 to 1997
1993 Contship France 16,236 1,597 AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Germany 9053232 DLDB Germany Contship Ocean Star Service
1993 Contship Le Havre 14,865 1,452 Kvaerner Warnow Werft GmbH , Rostock, Germany 9004255 V2OA3 Antigua & Barbuda Scrapped as Mala in Chittagong in 2018
1993 Contship New York 16,233 1,667 JJ Sietas KG Schiffswerft GmbH & Co., Hamburg, Germany 9056272 A8AG5 Liberia
1993 Contship Pacific 16,236 1,684 AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Germany 9070010 V2OZ5 Antigua Contship Euroasia / Eagle Service
1993 Contship Rotterdam 16,233 1,667 JJ Sietas KG Schiffswerft GmbH & Co., Hamburg, Germany 9056284 A8KJ4 Liberia
1994 Contship Champion 35,595 3,538 Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., South Korea 9064865 DGRF Germany 2003 CP / 2005: CP Champion / in service
1994 Contship Egypt 16,927 1,641 Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. , South Korea 9060273 V2OM Antigua in service for Contship 1994/1995
1994 Contship Europe 16,269 1,687 AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Germany 9106144 DEFA Germany Contship Ocean Star Service
1994 Contship Innovator 35,595 3,538 Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., South Korea 9064877 DNFA Germany 2003 CP / 2005: CP Innovator / in service
1994 Contship inspiration 30,971 2,394 Astilleros Espanoles, SA, Spain 9051492 H8MU Panama in service for Contship from 2001 to 2003; former name TMM Yucatan (2000)
1994 Contship Italy 16,270 1,684 Bremer Vulkan AG - shipbuilding, Germany 9109029 DDMM / DEEU Germany Contship Ocean Star Service - painted entirely in blue
1994 Contship New Zealand 16,282 1,684 AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Germany 9070034 DEBH Germany Contship Euroasia Service
1994 Contship Singapore 16,236 1,687 AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Germany 9070046 DEBO Germany Contship Ocean Star Service - painted entirely in yellow
1994 Contship Tahiti 4,619 1,334 Stocznia Szczecinska SA , Poland 9057135 P3TN5 Cyprus Later names: TMM Tuxpan
1994 Contship Sydney 23,540 2,078 Stocznia Gdańska SA, Poland 9062984 VSXC4 United Kingdom Other names: Canmar Dynasty / 2005: CP Dynasty / 2006: Sydney Express / in service
1995 Contship Auckland 23,691 2,063 Stocznia Szczecinska SA, Poland 9064334 ELVL8 Liberia in service for Contship from 1995 to 1997
2018 demolished in Chittagong
1995 Contship Lavagna 16,270 1,684 Bremer Vulkan AG - shipbuilding, Germany 9109017 DEFI Germany Contship Ocean Star Service
1995 Contship Melbourne 23,540 2,078 Stocznia Gdańska SA, Poland 9062996 VSXC7 United Kingdom 1997 CP / 2005: CP Voyager / 2006: Freemantle Express / in service
1995 Contship Nobility 31,730 2,758 Samsung SB & Heavy Ind. Co. Ltd. , South Korea 9128192 DGKV Germany 1997 CP / 2003 sold / 2017 demolition in Alang
1995 Contship Ticino 16,269 1,684 AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Germany 9111565 DEJL Germany Contship Ocean Star Service
1996 Contship Action 31,730 2,758 Samsung SB & Heavy Ind. Co. Ltd., South Korea 9122215 DLHV Germany 1997 CP / 2003 sold
1996 Contship ambition 31,730 2,758 Samsung SB & Heavy Ind. Co. Ltd., South Korea 9122203 P3GU7 Cyprus 1997 CP / 2003 sold
1996 Contship Brasil 15,859 1,512 Thyssen Nordseewerke GmbH , Germany 9081019 DIGF Germany Contship Proline Service
1996 Contship vision 31,730 2,758 Samsung SB & Heavy Ind. Co. Ltd., South Korea 9128180 DGGV Germany 1997 CP / 2003 sold
1997 Contship Champion 31.207 2,890 Kvaerner Warnow Werft GmbH, Rostock, Germany 9137909 V7GU3 Marshal islands in service for Contship in 2000
1997 Contship Champion 31,730 2,758 Samsung SB & Heavy Ind. Co. Ltd., South Korea 9064865 DGRF Germany 1997 CP / 2003 sold
1997 Contship Harmony 31.207 2,890 Kvaerner Warnow Werft GmbH, Rostock, Germany 9137894 P3JM9 Germany Contship Euroasia / Red Sea Service, renamed Contship Innovator
1997 Contship London 26,131 2.124 China SB Corp. , Kaohsiung , Taiwan 9152739 ELVX4 Liberia 2005: CP London / 2006: London / in service
1997 Contship Optimism 31,730 2,758 Samsung SB & Heavy Ind. Co. Ltd., South Korea 9128207 DGOL Germany 1997 CP / 2003 sold
1997 Contship Romance 31,730 2,758 Samsung SB & Heavy Ind. Co. Ltd., South Korea 9128207 DLCT Germany 1997 CP / 2003 sold
1997 Contship Spirit 31,730 2,758 Samsung SB & Heavy Ind. Co. Ltd., South Korea 9153381 DDJI Germany 1997 CP / 2003 sold; 2016 demolition in Alang
1997 Contship Washington 26,131 2.124 China SB Corp., Kaohsiung, Taiwan 9152741 ELVZ5 Liberia 2002: Direct Tui / 2005: CP Tui / 2006: Honolulu Express / in service
1998 Contship Auckland 26,131 2.124 China SB Corp., Kaohsiung, Taiwan 9160396 ELWA2 Liberia 2005: CP Auckland / in service
1998 Contship Rangitoto 25,359 2,500 Volkswerft Stralsund , Germany 9153408 DGZO Germany Former Italia Line ship Cielo di San Francisco , 2005: CP Rangitoto , 2005:  Rangitoto , 2006: Ute Oltmann , 2016: Mann , 2016 demolished in Chittagong
1998 Contship Rome 26,131 2.124 China SB Corp., Kaohsiung, Taiwan 9152753 ELVZ6 Liberia 2005: CP Rome / 2006: Rome / in service
1998 Contship Wellington 26,131 2.124 China SB Corp., Kaohsiung, Taiwan 9152765 ELVZ7 Liberia 2002: Direct Kea / 2005: CP Kea / in service
1999 Contship Mexico 28,118 1,644 Stocznia Szczecinska SA, Poland 9131278 ELXL6 Liberia
2001 Contship Dragon 39,812 4.132 Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., South Korea 9232890 C6SG5 Bahamas unclear when in service for Contship
2002 Contship Aurora 46.009 4.115 Daewoo SB & Marine Eng. Co. Ltd. , Okpo , South Korea 9232565 ZIZP9 United Kingdom 2005: CP Aurora / Liverpool Express , in service
2002 Contship Australis 46.009 4.115 Daewoo SB & Marine Eng. Co. Ltd., Okpo, South Korea 9232577 VQEN3 United Kingdom 2005: CP Australis / Dublin Express , in service
2002 Contship Borealis 46.009 4.115 Daewoo SB & Marine Eng. Co. Ltd., Okpo, South Korea 9232589 VQEN2 United Kingdom 2005: CP Borealis / Glasgow Express , in service
2002 Contship Tenacity 40,146 3,237 China SB Corp., Kaohsiung, Taiwan 9243174 WDD6127 United States other names: TMM Colima , CP Shenandoah
2003 Contship Indigo 39,941 4,311 Samsung SB & Heavy Ind. Co. Ltd., South Korea 9238753 VQJW4 United Kingdom 2005: CP Indigo / 2006: Bavaria Express / in service
2003 Contship tamarind 39,941 4,311 Samsung SB & Heavy Ind. Co. Ltd., South Korea 9238765 VQMM2 United Kingdom 2005: CP Tamarind / 2006: Thuringia Express / in service

Contship has often reused ship names , so different ships have the same name (see IMO number).

Literature / sources

Web links

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