Nedlloyd
The Dutch shipping company Nedlloyd existed from 1970 to the end of 1996
history
The roots of the shipping company go back to Nedlloyd Lijnen NV, founded in 1963 by the two shipping companies, Stoomvaart Maatschappij “Nederland” and Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd . The Nedlloyd-Lijnen joint service comprised 25 ships and built on a long-standing collaboration between the two shipping companies.
The two founding shipping companies initially retained their independence, but were later forced to cooperate further due to the increasing containerization of sea traffic and the associated need for capital. Two other Dutch partners joined the joint service in 1969: the shipping companies Koninklijke Java-China-Paketvaart Lijnen (KJCPL) and the Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaartmaatschappij (VNS). The following year, all four companies merged to form the Nederlandse Scheepvaart Unie .
In 1977 the group inaugurated the new joint administration building in Rotterdam and changed the company's name to Koninklijke Nedlloyd Groep . In 1981 the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij (KNSM), its subsidiary Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd (KHL) and the Mammoet Transport KNSM were integrated into the Nedlloyd Group.
After collaborations with the US shipping company Sealand and the British P&O began in 1988 , Nedlloyd finally acquired a stake in the British-Dutch joint venture P&O Nedlloyd in December 1996 . The heavy lift shipping company Mammoth was sold to the Dutch company Van Seumeren in 2000. In April 2004, Royal Nedlloyd acquired all of the shares in P&O Nedlloyd and from then on traded as Royal P&O Nedlloyd. A good year later, on August 13, 2005, the Danish shipping company AP Møller-Mærsk acquired Royal P&O Nedlloyd and incorporated what was once the largest Dutch shipping company into the Mærsk Line in February .
Individual evidence
literature
- Witthöft, Hans Jürgen: Container . The mega carriers are coming. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-7822-0882-X .