Hamburg-Amerika Line
1893 The Hamburg Amerika Steam Packet Co changed its name to Hamburg Amerika Line, or HAPAG for short.
1901 agreement with the Kosmos Line; purchased the Atlas Line which led to a more serious engagement in Latin America, especially freight.
About 1905, a serious conflict between HAPAG and the United Fruit Company arose when one of HAPAG's acquisitions, Atlas Steamship Company, entered into a profitable relationship with American Fruit and other banana exporters that competed with United Fruit.
1913 United Fruit opposition and poor reception of the bananas in Europe persuaded HAPAG to sell Atlas to United Fruit and to terminate its ties to American Fruit.
WWI HAPAG service to Latin America was disrupted. The Hamburg-Amerika Linie was subject to restrictions under the Trading with the Enemy Act and its affairs in the UK were taken over by the Public Trustee, the Custodian for England and Wales.
1926 They absorbed the Deutsch Austral and the Cosmos Lines.[1]
Re-established the Latin American service through a shared steamer service, the Deutsche Westküsten-Dienst (Germany West Coast Service).
1939 The service was disrupted again and resumed in 1953.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1926/10/29