Dart Container Line

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Dart Container Line Company
legal form Limited
founding April 12, 1969
resolution 1981
Seat Hamilton, Bermuda
Branch shipping

The Dart Container Line Co. Ltd. was a Bermudian container shipping company, which existed from 1969 to 1981.

history

The joint venture was founded in 1969 by the liner shipping companies Compagnie Maritime Belge from Antwerp and Bristol City Line from Bristol, as well as the transport company Clarke Traffic Services from Montreal , in order to gain a foothold in the container business, which was new at the time , without having to deal with the large investments involved on their own. The background to this development was the rapidly growing long-haul container traffic worldwide, with which competitors, such as the container pioneers Sea-Land Corporation or the newly founded consortia Overseas Containers Limited and Atlantic Container Lines, purchased large amounts of cargo from conventional general cargo lines. Before the establishment of the Dart Container Line, the Compagnie Maritime Belge was denied participation in the ACL consortium and negotiations with the Hapag-Lloyd container line and various US shipping companies also failed.

Initially, the Dart Container Line started its liner operations with three container ships chartered in Germany between Antwerp and Halifax . From Halifax the containers were transported by rail to Montreal and Hamilton . This was soon followed by two services between Antwerp, Southampton , New York and Norfolk with four semi-container ships of the CMB painter class. In 1970 and 1971 Dart received the first three new buildings with which the two liner services were combined. The new ships Dart America , Dart Europe and Dart Atlantic were among the world's largest full container ships with their carrying capacity of around 28,000 tons and a slot capacity of 1,556  TEU . At about the same time as the new ships, the Halterm container terminal operated by Clarke Traffic Services opened in Halifax .

In 1971 Bibby Line took over Bristol City Line, but later sold its shares to OOCL . After OOCL and CP Ships had set up a joint service to the St. Lawrence River , the Dart Line consortium was given up in 1981 and the shipping company was managed by the newly founded company Dart Line Canada Ltd. guided. From 1988 the services were completely taken over by the lead network of OOCL and the name Dart Container Line disappeared for good.

Ships used by the Dart Container Line (selection)

Dart container line ships
Building name Shipyard /
construction number		 IMO number delivery Client Renaming and whereabouts
Jordaens Cockerill-Ougree, Hoboken / 815 5420619 June 1963 Compagnie Maritime Belge , Antwerp 1980 Char Ning , 1982 Nafeesa , 1984 Tripos No. 2 , scrapped from February 9, 1984 at Chien Yu Steel Industrial Company in Kaohsiung.
Breughel Cockerill-Ougree, Hoboken / 816 5410456 September 1963 Compagnie Maritime Belge, Antwerp 1982 Reasury Alpha , 1984 Tamaki scrapped in Qingdao on July 25, 1985 .
Rubens Cockerill-Ougree, Hoboken / 817 5425310 January 1964 Compagnie Maritime Belge, Antwerp 1972 Memling , 1983 Christina , scrapped in Yantai from September 1, 1984.
Teniers Cockerill-Ougree, Hoboken / 818 6407262 April 1964 Compagnie Maritime Belge, Antwerp 1981 Santa Clara , scrapped in Shanghai from June 1, 1984.
Dart America Swan Hunter , High Walker / 14 7018343 November 1970 Tynedale Shipping Company, Bristol (Clarke Traffic Services) 1981 Manchester Challenge , 1988 OOCL Challenge , scrapped from 25 February 1996 in Gadani Beach.
Dart Europe Cockerill Yards, Hoboken / 857 7027540 November 1970 Container Marine Belge, Antwerp (Compagnie Maritime Belge) 1984 CMB Europe , 1985 Canmar Europe , 1996 Folly , 1996 ZIM Colombo , scrapped from November 2, 1998 at Western Shipbreaking Corporation in Alang .
Dart Atlantic Swan Hunter, High Walker / 15 7032210 May 24, 1971 Bristol City Line, Bristol 1981 CP Ambassador , 1986 Canmar Ambassador , scrapped at Hardik Trading in Alang from April 13, 1995.
Darts Canada Bremer Vulkan , Vegesack / 993 7529122 February 27, 1978 United International Container Transports, Hong Kong ( OOCL ) 1981 Canadian Explorer , 1990 OOCL Bravery , 1998 Canmar Bravery , 1999 CAST Privilege , 2001 Canmar Bravery , 2005 CP Bravery , 2006 Bravery , 2006 Siu , scrapped in Chittagong from December 25, 2006 .
Seatrain Independance Namura, Imari / 831 7718620 November 13, 1978 SSI Sea Incorporated, Monrovia (Itel Corporation) 1980 Seapac Independance , 1981 Dart Americana , 1987 American Senator , 1989 CMB Marque , 1990 Canmar Triumph , 2005 CP Triumph , 2006 Triumph , 2009 Mica , scrapped in Alang from September 8, 2009.
Seatrain Oriskany Namura, Imari / 833 7718644 March 30, 1979 SSI Sea III Incorporated, Monrovia (Itel Corporation) 1981 Seapac Oriskany , 1981 Dart Britain , 1987 Taiwan Senator , 1990 OOCL Assurance , 1997 Canmar Valor , 2005 CP Valor , stranded in Praia do Norte on December 9, 2005 and sunk in tow off the Azores on September 20, 2006.
Seatrain Yorktown Namura, Imari / - 7718632 February 1979 SSI Sea II Incorporated, Monrovia (Itel Corporation) 1981 Seapac Yorktown , 1981 Dart Continent , 1987 Continent , 1990 CMB Mallet , 1991 Sea Pride , 1994 Canmar Conquest , 2002 Elisa B. , 2011 Scorpius , scrapped from August 28, 2011 at Navyug Shipbreaking Company in Alang.
Oriental leader Mediterranee, La Seyne / - 7104245 December 9, 1971 Orient Overseas Container Services Incorporated, Monrovia (OOCL) 1976 extended, 1982 Ocean Legend , 1987 Dart America , 1988 OOCL America , 1989 OOCL Blessing , 1989 Ocean Blessing , caught fire on September 19, 1992 after colliding with the Nagasaki Spirit and stranded near Ujung Tamiang, 21 dead.
Asialiner North Sea Works , Emden / 428 7119733 February 14, 1972 Scarsdale Shipping Company, London 1980 newly motorized, 1981 Seapac Bunker Hill , 1981 Oriental Minister , 1987 Dart Europe , 1988 OOCL Europe , 1990 Ville de Titana , 1995 Montreal Senator , 1996 Ville de Titana , 1996 Med Colombo , 1997 Chicago Express , from May 10, 2001 in Alang scrapped.
Asiafreighter North Sea Works, Emden / 429 7205843 4th July 1972 Scarsdale Shipping Company, London New motorized 1980, 1981 Seapac Concord , 1981 Oriental Diplomat , 1987 Dart Atlantic , 1988 OOCL Atlantic , 1990 Atlantic Senator , 1990 OOCL Dynasty , 1991 Ville de Tucana , 1995 Canmar Enterprise , 1996 Med Naples , scrapped in Alang from February 2, 1999.

literature

  • Hans van Ham, JC van Ham, Joan Rijsenbrij: Development of Containerization: Success Through Vision, Drive and Technology , IOS Press, 2012, p. 59
  • Frank Broeze: The Globalization of the Oceans: Containerisation from the 1950s to the Present , Oxford University Press, 2002, p. 39ff