Transatlantic traffic

Under transatlantic trade which is in the strict sense of transport between Europe and the east coast of North America to understand. The term first appeared in shipping , when with the development of steam shipping and the emergence of shipping companies with a sufficient fleet of ships, regular, largely weather-independent liner traffic across the Atlantic became possible. The passenger ships operating on the Atlantic route in the liner service were also called transatlantic liners .

The shipping companies of the neighboring countries, which emerged with the industrial age , set up timetables for transatlantic traffic with fixed, mostly weekly departure and arrival times. For intermediate stations such as Le Havre or Southampton on the Hamburg - New York route , the dates of the arrivals were also given.

The term was used for both passenger , cargo and combined transport. The operation of the ports on the Great Lakes in North America, which was made possible after the construction of locks on the St. Lawrence River and between the lakes, is called the Great Lakes Cruise . It is used almost exclusively for freight traffic .

For the routes to South America , the terms South America trip or South American service were common in Germany .

After the Panama Canal was built, the west coast trip was added.

Since around the middle of the 20th century , the term has also been used for air traffic specifically over the North Atlantic .

literature

• Robert D. Ballard , Ken Marschall : Lost Liners - From the Titanic to Andrea Doria - the glory and decline of the great luxury liners . Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co., Munich 1997, ISBN 3-453-12905-9 (English: Lost Liners: From the Titanic to the Andrea Doria. The ocean floor reveals its greatest lost ships. Translated by Helmut Gerstberger).