The Norwegian America Line (Norwegian: Den Norske Amerikalinje), was a cruise ship line, originally an operator of passenger and cargo ships. Founded in 1910, the company ran a regular transatlantic service between Norway and the United States, and later included a route to East Africa as well. Primarily due to competition from air travel, transatlantic passenger voyages were slowly discontinued during the years.
After the Great War, the company used to be one of Norway's largest shipping lines, owning a fleet that included 19 vessels, of which several for commercial cargo transport. After the Second World War heavy ships losses were overcome by the building of new vessels, however the reduction in the passengers' traffic by sea, shifted the company's focus mainly to the cargo business, including container and bulk shipping from the 1970s.
In 1980 the last two cruise ships were handed over into a new joint venture company (Norwegian American Cruises) with Leif Höegh & Co, and finally sold to Cunard Line in 1984.
During the 1990s NAL main business were the Roll-on/roll-off operations and sea carriage of cars, through the NOSAC brand (Norwegian Specialised Autocarcarriers), with a fleet of nearly 20 vessels, then acquired by Wilh. Wilhelmsen in 1995.
Video Norwegian America Line
Ships
List sourced from
Passenger ships
Other ships
Maps Norwegian America Line
Managing directors
- 1911-39 Gustav Henriksen
- 1939-48 Andreas Johnsen
- 1948-73 Hans Christian Henriksen
Chairmen of the Board
- 1929-39 Sigval Bergesen
- 1940-48 Thor Thoresen
- 1948-?? Leif Høegh
See also
- Hamburg America Line
- Holland America Line
- Scandinavian America Line
- Swedish American Line
References
External links
- The Ships List: Norwegian America Line
- Simplon Postcards: Norwegian America Line
- Norway Heritage -- "Hands across the sea"
- Passenger Lists from Den Norske Amerikalinje (Norwegian America Line)
Source of article : Wikipedia
0 Comments