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39-509: Hapag-Lloyd AG is a German international shipping and container transportation company , the 5th biggest in the world. It was formed in 1970 through a merger of Hamburg-American Line (HAPAG) and Norddeutscher Lloyd . The company was formed on 1 September 1970, by the merger of two German transportation/maritime companies, Hamburg-American Line (HAPAG) , founded in 1847, and Norddeutscher Lloyd (known in English as North German Lloyd), which

78-587: A dash for Bremerhaven, where she was ultimately destroyed by a fire in 1941. Passenger service resumed in 1954 with the Gripsholm formerly belonging to the Swedish American Line (the ship was renamed to MS  Berlin only the following year). Later two other second-hand ships, SS  Bremen (formerly Pasteur ) and MS  Europa (formerly Swedish American Line's Kungsholm ), were purchased. NDL attained several speed records over

117-427: A difficult situation. MS  Stockholm , the large newbuild that had been planned during the late 1930s, never entered service for them because of the war, with the remaining fleet consisting of ageing ships. The company took delivery of their first post-war ship, the fourth MS  Stockholm , in 1948. She was a small cargo/passenger liner far removed from the luxury of her pre-war predecessors. In 1948, during

156-437: A market share of 2.7 percent. As a result of the merger, Hapag-Lloyd strengthened its position as the world's fifth-largest container transporter in terms of vessel capacity, ahead of Taiwan's Evergreen Line . As a result of the merger, the former shareholders of UASC would become the largest shareholder in the new entity, whilst Hapag-Lloyd would absorb all operations and assets of UASC. Historically United Arab Shipping Company

195-676: A new ship to replace the Europa , also to be named MS  Europa . With the delivery date of the new Europa set in December 1981, the old Europa was sold to Independent Continental Lines, a subsidiary of Costa Cruises , with a delivery date in November 1981. Following the sale to Independent Continental Lines, the Europa was renamed Columbus C. , painted in Costa Cruises colours and set in cruise traffic. Her career with Costa

234-655: A running mate for the Kungsholm . In January 1955 the Kungsholm departed on the first-ever around the world cruise made by a SAL vessel. In May 1957 the new Gripsholm was delivered and entered service alongside the Kungsholm . In 1961 the Kungsholm was drydocked and refitted with stabilizers. Encouraged by the success of the Kungsholm and Gripsholm , the Swedish American Line placed an order for yet another new ship in August 1963. In preparation for

273-508: A status later changed to confiscation when the US entered the war in 1917. Likewise, its Hoboken base was confiscated and turned over to the US Navy, which used it as a transshipping point for the duration of the war. As with HAPAG, those NDL ships surviving the war were eventually confiscated as reparation, leaving the company to start over from scratch. US operations were resumed in 1922, when NDL

312-572: The Imperator , followed by its twin Vaterland . A third twin, Bismarck , was under construction at the outbreak of World War I and was completed after the war for White Star Line as the Majestic . These were the first liners to exceed 50,000 gross register tons and 900 feet (274 m) in length. During World War I , the majority of Hapag's fleet of 175 ships were wiped out, and most of

351-574: The Columbus C. was refloated and laid up. The damages were judged to be too severe to be repaired with acceptable costs, and she was sold to Mirak SA in Barcelona to be scrapped. On 2 April 1985 the Columbus C. arrived in Barcelona under tow, where she was scrapped. The Kungsholm was designed with a fairly traditional profile. She had a fairly low superstructure compared to her hull, with

390-542: The Kungsholm was renamed Europa (a traditional name in the NGL fleet), given refit and moved under the West German flag. On 9 January 1966 the Europa set on her first transatlantic crossing for her new owners from Bremen to New York. In NGL service the ship followed a similar arrangement as she had with the Swedish American Line, with transatlantic crossings during the (northern hemisphere) summer and cruises during

429-514: The Brazilian shipping and waterway logistics company Norsul set up a new joint venture called “Norcoast”. Based on a 50-50 partnership, Norcoast started offering container cabotage and feeder services in Brazilian ports in the first quarter of 2024. On 21 August 2005, TUI AG agreed to acquire the Canadian business CP Ships Limited for € 1.7 billion ( US $ 2.0 billion) in cash. The deal, which

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468-598: The De Schelde shipyard in The Netherlands on 1 April 1950. On 18 October 1952 the new ship was launched and christened MS Kungsholm by Princess Sibylla of Sweden . The name "Kungsholm" was a traditional one, having been the name of two previous SAL ships. The newest Kungsholm was delivered to her owners on 30 September 1953. The brand new Kungsholm set on her maiden voyage from Gothenburg to New York City on 24 November 1953. During her time with

507-507: The Hapag-Lloyd stakeholders. After this event, Hamburg Süd remained a private, independent company until December 2016, when the container transport division of Danish logistics and energy company Maersk , announced it would purchase Hamburg Süd. In 2014, Hapag-Lloyd took over the container business of Chile's Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores SA ( CSAV ), with the latter becoming a major shareholder of Hapag-Lloyd. This made Hapag-Lloyd

546-586: The IATA code HF and became a directly owned subsidiary of Preussag AG (now renamed as TUI Group ) in 1999. Some emblematic group's vessels are: On 29 September 2014, the container ship Colombo Express was involved in a collision with the container ship Maersk Tanjong , and sustained a 20-metre (65 ft) dent to its left side and caused delays to traffic through the Suez Canal . Transportation company Too Many Requests If you report this error to

585-553: The Mediterranean, Indian Sub-continent, Far East , West Africa and the Americas. Its network covered over 220 ports, offering containerized and conventional cargo shipping by a fleet of 58 owned and chartered vessels. On 29 June 2016, UASC's six shareholding states voted unanimously to approve the proposed merger. The deal gave a relative valuation of the two businesses at 72 percent for Hapag-Lloyd and 28 percent for UASC. At

624-563: The Swedish American Line she was used on transatlantic crossings during the northern hemisphere summer season, and on luxury cruises during the rest of the year. She was a highly successful vessel, and already in September 1954 SAL decided to order a slightly larger ship (eventually named MS  Gripsholm ) based on the same design from the Ansaldo shipyard in Genoa , Italy to become

663-650: The United States. Service started in June 1858 with the Bremen , the first of four steamships, and the company established its American base at Hoboken, New Jersey . NDL eventually built a large fleet of ships that carried many thousands of emigrants westwards, with around 218,000 passengers transported across the Atlantic in 1913 alone. The outbreak of World War I resulted in the internment of 32 vessels in US ports,

702-568: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 223346927 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:49:56 GMT MS Kungsholm (1952) After the end of World War II the Swedish American Line , the company that had been pioneers of cruising during the 1920s, was left in

741-467: The container liner business of German carrier Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL) , another Africa specialist, operating with liner services between Europe, South Africa and the Indian Ocean. Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten was a former cruise ship subsidiary of Hapag-Lloyd AG. In 2008, TUI AG integrated Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten. It was renamed Hapag-Lloyd Cruises in 2016. In 2020, Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten

780-767: The delivery of the new ship—also named MS  Kungsholm —the old Kungsholm was sold to the North German Lloyd in May 1964, with the delivery date set in October 1965. She set on her last transatlantic crossing in SAL colours from New York on 21 August 1965, arriving in Gothenburg on 5 October 1965. Ten days later she was delivered to the North German Lloyd. Following delivery to the North German Lloyd

819-910: The end of that year. Industry speculation predicted a sale price of approximately US$ 5.9 billion. In October 2019, Hapag-Lloyd acquired a 10 percent stake in Container Terminal 3 (TC3) of the Tangier Med 2 port in Morocco. In April 2022, Hapag-Lloyd acquired a participation in JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven, taking ownership of a 30 percent stake in Container Terminal Wilhellmshaven (CTW) and a 50 percent stake in Rail Terminal Wilhelmshaven (RTW). In August 2023, it

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858-434: The forward part of the superstructure rounded and the rear part tiered to accommodate swimming pools. She was equipped with two funnels, the forward one being a dummy. In her original Swedish American Line livery the Kungsholm ' s hull and superstructure were painted all-white, with funnels and masts painted yellow, and SAL's blue three crowns logo painted on both funnels. In North German Lloyd service she received

897-502: The fourth-largest container-shipping company in the world at the time. In April 2016, Hapag-Lloyd announced it was in merger talks with the United Arab Shipping Company (UASC). The merger was agreed upon later in 2016, and the integration between the two companies was completed in 2017. At the time of the merger, UASC was reported to be the world's 10th largest liner shipping company, with a fleet of 56 ships and

936-524: The history of the company include Hapag-Lloyd's acquisition of CP Ships in 2005 as well as Hapag-Lloyd's merger with the container business of CSAV in 2014, and United Arab Shipping Company in 2017. The H amburg- A merikanische P acketfahrt- A ktien- G esellschaft for shipping across the Atlantic Ocean was founded in Hamburg. In 1912, Hapag built the first of their "Big Three" ocean liners;

975-480: The rest of the year. In September 1970 the North German Lloyd merged with the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) to form Hapag-Lloyd . Hapag-Lloyd decided to abandon transatlantic service in 1971, and from there on the Europa was used exclusively for cruising. In either 1971 or 1972 she was re-painted in the new Hapag-Lloyd livery. As the 1970s were drawing to a close, Hapag-Lloyd started planning

1014-570: The same year that the Stockholm was delivered, SAL had already begun market research on both sides of the Atlantic , with the prospect of building a new ship in mind. Based on the results of the research, the company decided to order a 20,000 gross register ton combined ocean liner / cruise ship that could accommodate 802 passengers. The ship was designed by the established Swedish American Line designer, Eric Christiansson, who had designed

1053-563: The surviving ships (including the "Big Three") had to be turned over to the winning side as war reparations. After the war's end, Hapag rebuilt its fleet with much smaller ships than before the war, but their fleet was again mostly wiped out during World War II , and the surviving ships turned over to Allied powers. Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) was formed in 1857 in the City-State of Bremen , offering passenger and cargo transportation between Bremen and New York, with an emphasis on emigration to

1092-478: The three previous Stockholms . He was the technical director at parent company Broström , and would incorporate many design elements, most notably the twin stack profile, from his previous design work on the MS Stockholm II (1938) and MS Stockholm III (1941). After contacting 50 shipyards around the world about the prospects of buildings their new ship, SAL placed an order for their new ship with

1131-413: The time of the merger, UASC was 51 percent owned by Qatar and 35 percent owned by Saudi Arabia government, with the remainder held by other Arab states. In March 2021, Hapag-Lloyd announced the acquisition of Nile Dutch Investments B.V., a leading container service provider to and from West Africa. The transaction was effectively closed on 8 July 2021. On 1 June 2022, Hapag-Lloyd closed the acquisition of

1170-400: The traditional black hull of a transatlantic liner, with the funnels and cargo cranes in front of the ship painted buff. Following the merger into Hapag-Lloyd , her hull was repainted white with orange and blue decorative ribands, and the blue Hapag-Lloyd logo was added to her now orange funnels. In Costa Cruises service the two ribands on the hull were replaced with a thinner black one, while

1209-476: The years. Notable among them was the record for the run between Southampton and New York of eight days in 1881, which was set by the Elbe ; and the record for the fastest transatlantic crossing set by the new Bremen in 1929 (see Blue Riband ). Hapag and NDL continued to compete until they established a joint-venture container line. The "Hapag-Lloyd Container Line", founded in 1967 and operating from 1968 onward,

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1248-585: Was able to purchase its former base from the United States Alien Property Administrator. NDL launched a new Bremen and Europa in 1929–30. During World War II, NDL repeated its World War I experience, with some parts of its fleet again being interned at the outbreak of the war, while a number of vessels remained under NDL control. One such exception was the Bremen , which raced across the Atlantic, and achieved protection at Murmansk in 1939, before eventually making

1287-639: Was announced Hapag-Lloyd had acquired SM SAAM's terminal business and related logistics services in the Americas . On 12 January 2023, Hapag-Lloyd acquired a 49% minority stake in Spinelli Group, an Italian terminal and transport operator. Around three months later, on 19 April 2023, Hapag-Lloyd also acquired a 40% stake in J M Baxi Ports & Logistics Limited (JMBPL), a terminal and inland transport service provider in India. Also in 2023, Hapag-Lloyd and

1326-423: Was approved by the boards of both CP Ships, TUI, and the shareholders, was a success, and made the combined fleet the fifth-largest by capacity in the worldwide container shipping market. In late 2012, Hapag-Lloyd announced it was considering the possibility of a merger with its smaller compatriot Hamburg Süd . The merger plans were scotched when Hamburg Süd's shareholders and owners did not reach an agreement with

1365-448: Was established to share the huge investments related to the containerisation of the fleets. The two companies finally merged on 1 September 1970, under the name Hapag-Lloyd. Hapag-Lloyd was acquired in 1998 by Preussag AG (since 2002 named TUI AG ( Hanover )), a tourism conglomerate, and became its fully-owned subsidiary in 2002. In August 2008, TUI announced an intention to sell its entire stake in Hapag-Lloyd shipping activities before

1404-441: Was formed in 1857. Since its formation, Hapag-Lloyd has seen changes among its shareholders and has also undergone a number of mergers with other companies. For instance, Hapag-Lloyd was completely acquired by, and became a subsidiary of TUI AG ( Hanover ) in 1998. This transition was followed by TUI selling a majority stake of Hapag-Lloyd to private investors in Hamburg in 2009 and further sales in 2012. Other important events in

1443-736: Was jointly established in July 1976 by the six shareholding governments of the Arab states of the Gulf ( Bahrain , Iraq , Kuwait , Qatar , Saudi Arabia and UAE ). Originally based in Kuwait, its corporate headquarters then moved to Dubai during the Iraqi conflict, and only some departments were moved back after the war. The UASC fleet operated more than 45 services, connecting the Middle East to Europe ,

1482-444: Was short however, as on 29 July 1984 the Columbus C. accidentally rammed a breakwater near Cadiz , Spain . Her keel was badly damaged in the collision, but the ship managed to reach the port of Cadiz under her own power. Her passengers and crew were evacuated, but the ship continued sinking, listing to starboard side. She eventually sank to the bottom of the shallow harbour, remaining only partially submerged. On 1 November 1984

1521-409: Was sold to TUI Cruises, a joint venture between TUI and Royal Caribbean . Only vessels formerly operated by Hapag-Lloyd AG are listed here. GT Hapag-Lloyd founded the charter airline Hapag-Lloyd Flug in 1972, buying a few Boeing 727s to fly its cruise passengers from Germany to the cruises' ports of call. The airline eventually added some regular passenger flights as well. Hapag-Lloyd Flug used

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