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The service originally provided transport for passengers, goods and stock, with passenger services ceasing in 1973. [16]Having previously operated exclusively between Western Australian and Northern Territory ports, in 1964 the SSS began operating an irregular service that circumnavigated Australia in a clockwise direction in six weeks.
Godby Shipping AB is a Finnish shipping firm, based in Mariehamn in Åland. It was established in 1973, and as of 2021 its CEO is Dan Mikkola. [ 1 ] The company specialises in RO-RO vessels and mainly serves the Forestry and Pulp & Paper sector.
Flag of the Czechoslovak Ocean Shipping MS Pionýr in harbor of Constanţa, Romania (1961) Czechoslovak Ocean Shipping (Czech: Československá námořní plavba) was a Czechoslovak shipping company founded in 1959. Privatised in 1992 and renamed Czech Ocean Shipping in 1994, it ceased shipping operations in 1998.
Chemical tanker Ursula Essberger. The Deutsche Afrika-Linien GmbH & Co./ John T. Essberger GmbH & Co. (DAL/JTE) is a German shipping company, based in Hamburg. [1] It has a workforce of 1200–1300 world-wide and an annual turnover of about $350 million.
Location of Panama between the Pacific Ocean (bottom) and the Caribbean Sea (top), with the canal at top center. The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82-kilometer (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade.
Trout roe with bread. According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, roe from any fish not belonging to the Acipenseriformes order (including Acipenseridae, or sturgeon sensu stricto, and Polyodontidae or paddlefish) are not caviar, but "substitutes of caviar". [6]
John Willis & Sons of London, also called the Jock Willis Shipping Line, was a nineteenth-century London-based ship-owning firm. It owned a number of clippers including the historic tea clipper Cutty Sark .
Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet (10 December 1795 – 2 June 1890) was a Scottish shipping magnate. Burns was born in Glasgow , the son of Rev John Burns (1744–1839), a Presbyterian minister . George was the younger brother of James Burns (1789-1871) , with whom he formed a partnership , J. & G. Burns .