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Polish Ocean Lines
Polish Ocean Lines (PLO, ) is a Polish commercial shipping company, with headquarters in Gdynia. The company was created in 1951 in a merger of three smaller shipping companies. Currently, PLO acts as a holding company for 12 other shipping companies. History PLO was founded as a state owned company in 1951, with the merger of: '' Gdynia-Ameryka Linie Żeglugowe S.A.'' (Gdynia-America Line – GAL), ''Żegluga Polska'' (Shipping Polish) and ''Polsko-Brytyjskie Towarzystwo Okrętowe'' (Polish-British Shipping Partnership). After the creation of the company there was gradual development including buying more equipment and increased employment. From 1951 to 1954, the company was also a part owner the Sopot Grand Hotel. Tonnage of vessels increased in the 60s to reach the level of . In 1967, due to the blockade of the Suez Canal, PLO ships, performing cruises to the Far East, were forced to circumnavigate Africa. In 1969, the company's flagship ceased to be , which was scrapped in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship Transport
Maritime transport (or ocean transport) or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people (passengers or goods (cargo) via waterways. Freight transport by watercraft has been widely used throughout recorded history, as it provides a higher-capacity mode of transportation for passengers and cargo than land transport, the latter typically being more costly per unit payload due to it being affected by terrain conditions and road/rail infrastructures. The advent of aviation during the 20th century has diminished the importance of sea travel for passengers, though it is still popular for ferry, short trips and cruise ship, pleasure cruises. Transport by watercraft is much cheaper than transport by aircraft or land vehicles (both road and rail), but is significantly slower for longer journeys and heavily dependent on adequate port facilities. Maritime transport accounts for roughly 80% of international trade, according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Developm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Tobruk
''Tobruk'' was a cargo ship which was built in 1941 as ''Empire Builder'' by William Gray & Company Ltd for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). On completion she was handed over to the Polish government-in-exile (along with four others; '' Narwik'', ''Bałtyk'', ''Białystok'' and ''Borysław'', which in 1950 was renamed to ''Bytom'') and renamed ''Tobruk''. She was a member of a number of convoys during the Second World War. She was sold in 1951 to Polskie Linie Oceaniczne and served until 1967. She was scrapped in 1968. Description ''Empire Builder'' was built by William Gray & Sons Ltd, West Hartlepool. She was yard number 1123. ''Empire Builder'' was launched on 19 November 1941 and completed in January 1942. The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of . She was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine which had cylinders of , and bore by stroke. The engine was built by Central Marine Engine Works, West Hartlepool. It could propel her at ''Empire Builder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Narwik
SS ''Narwik'', formerly ''Empire Roamer'', was a Polish general cargo ship built in 1941 to the order of the British government, as one of the Empire B type ships. In 1942, together with four others (''Tobruk'', ''Bałtyk,'' ''Białystok'', ''Borysław'' - since 1950 ''Bytom''), it was transferred to the Polish Government in Exile for the Polish Merchant Navy. In Polish service, the name of the ship was changed to "Narwik" to commemorate the Polish contribution to the Battle of Narvik. The transferred ships formally became the property of GAL ( Gdynia-America Shipping Lines), but they were chartered to the War Transport Administration. ''Narwik'' sailed under the Polish flag to 1972. ''Empire Roamer'' was built by Charles Connell and Company in Glasgow and launched on 5 January 1942. On 11 March 1942 she was sold by Ministry of War Transport to Polish government, and was commissioned from the shipyard on that day. Her first captain was Tadeusz Niefiedowicz. On 17 March 1942 the ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MS Morska Wola
The MS ''Morska Wola'', (previously ''Consul Horn'', ''Hindhead'' and ''Rio Negro''), was a Polish freighter during the Second World War. She was purchased in Norway by the Polish shipping company Gdynia America Line and named after a Polish emigrants settlement in Brazil. Origins The ship was built as ''Consul Horn'' in Kiel in 1924 by Friedrich Krupp AG for the HC Horn shipping company, which operated her out of Hamburg. On 31 December 1927 the ship ran aground on Ven, Sweden. She was refloated on 4 January 1928. In 1934 she was acquired by the Knoll Shipping Company, registered in London and renamed as ''Hindhead''. She was then acquired by A/S Sobral in 1936 and renamed ''Rio Negro'', operating on shipping routes between Norway and South America. In 1938 she was acquired by the Polish shipping company Gdynia America Line, renamed as the ''Morska Wola'' and based in Gdynia. World War II In 1940, during the final days of the Battle of France, MS ''Morska Wola'' was in port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MS Stalowa Wola
The MS ''Stalowa Wola'' (formerly known as ''Henry Horn'', ''Pine Court'', and ''Rio Pardo)'' was a Polish freighter during the Second World War. The ship was bought in Norway by Gdynia America Line; originally she was to be called ''Bogumin'', finally was named after a city in central Poland, by then a newly built centre of heavy industry. Capitulation of France found the ship in Dakar. Commanded by captain Strzembosz, she escaped on July 5th 1940, although challenged by the shore defences. Afterwards, till the end of World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ... ''Stalowa Wola'' participated in over 40 Atlantic convoys. Returned to Poland after the end of the war, the ship ran on lines to South America and Levant, and then was used as a tramper. The ship sun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holland America Line
Holland America Line N.V. (HAL) is an American cruise line operating as a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Founded in 1873 in Rotterdam, Netherlands as the Netherlands-America Steamship Company (NASM), the company operated regular transatlantic passenger and cargo services between Rotterdam and North America until 1971. As a dedicated cruise line, the company expanded through multiple acquisitions including Westours in 1971, Windstar Cruises in 1988, and Home Lines in 1988. In 1989, the company was acquired by Carnival Corporation. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the line's cruise ships carry the names of former transatlantic ocean liners operated by the company. Its current flagship, ''Rotterdam'' (2020), is the seventh ship to bear such a name. As a major operator of cruises and overland tours in Alaska, the company owns multiple hotels and two railroads throughout the state. The line also offers an annual world cruise and cruises throughout the Caribbean, Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turkish people, Turks, while ethnic Kurds in Turkey, Kurds are the Minorities in Turkey, largest ethnic minority. Officially Secularism in Turkey, a secular state, Turkey has Islam in Turkey, a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya. First inhabited by modern humans during the Late Paleolithic, present-day Turkey was home to List of ancient peoples of Anatolia, various ancient peoples. The Hattians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country by both area and population, and is the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, and a low population density of ; 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Sweden has a diverse Climate of Sweden, climate owing to the length of the country, which ranges from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times around 12,000 BC. The inhabitants emerged as the Geats () and Swedes (tribe), Swedes (), who formed part of the sea-faring peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSS Stefan Batory
TSS ''Stefan Batory'' was an ocean liner built in the Netherlands in 1952. It was operated by Holland America Lines and later Polish Ocean Lines. It remained in service until 1988 and was scrapped in 2000 in Turkey. History The ocean liner was put into service, as the fourth Holland America Line (HA) liner to serve under the name of SS'' Maasdam''. It was initially used to service the Dutch East Indies by the Holland America Line. The ship was originally planned as an ordinary freighter under the name of "Diemerdyk" and plans changed during construction to become a passenger liner. The liner later began trans-Atlantic service between West Germany and New York. On 15 February 1963, in the Weser estuary off West Germany, the liner struck the wreck of the British ship ''Harborough'', which had sunk in 1959 after striking the wreck of the Soviet ship ''Kholmogry''. ''Maasdam'', carrying 500 persons, was safely evacuated despite a bad list, then was safely sailed to Bremerhaven by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong Island in 1841–1842 as a consequence of losing the First Opium War. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and was further extended when the United Kingdom obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898. Hong Kong was occupied by Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II. The territory was handed over from the United Kingdom to China in 1997. Hong Kong maintains separate governing and economic systems from that of mainland China under the principle of one country, two systems. Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages,. the territory is now one of the world's most signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MS Batory
MS ''Batory'' was a Polish ocean liner which was the flagship of Gdynia-America Line, named after Stefan Batory, the sixteenth-century King of Poland. She was the sister ship of . After Allied wartime service, mainly under the UK Admiralty, she became in 1951 the flagship of the Polish Ocean Lines and the Polish merchant fleet. She is often described as the "''Pride of the Polish Merchant Marine''". ''Batory'' along with her sister ''Piłsudski'' were the two most popular ocean liners of Poland. History Construction Gdynia America Line (Gdynia–Ameryka Linie Żeglugowe, GAL), a Polish-Danish partnership based in Gdynia, was formed in 1934 as successor to ''Polskie Transatlantyckie Towarzystwo Okrętowe'' (PTTO), an enterprise originally dedicated to transporting Polish migrants to the USA. It changed its focus to leisure travel and for that purpose decided to commission a new vessel. ''Batory'' was built in 1934–5 at the Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Monfalcone shipyard i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
