Italia Marittima S.p.A., from 1919 until 2006 called Lloyd Triestino, founded as

Österreichischer Lloyd ''Österreichischer Lloyd'' ( it, Lloyd Austriaco, en, Austrian Lloyd) was the largest Austro-Hungarian shipping company. It was founded in 1833. It was based at Trieste in the Austrian Littoral, the main port of the Cisleithanian (Austrian ...

in 1833, is a shipping company with its head office in

Trieste Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into prov ...

, Italy, and run by

Evergreen Marine Corporation Evergreen Marine Corporation () is a Taiwanese container transportation and shipping company that is headquartered in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. With over 150 container ships, it is part of the Evergreen Group conglomerate of transpor ...

History

Österreichischer Lloyd

The company was founded as Österreichischer Lloyd (or "Austrian Lloyd") as an insurance company in 1833. In 1836 the company went into shipping. It became one of the world's biggest shipping companies by managing most oversea trade and passenger travel of

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

until 1918. The Austrian Lloyd was running regular services from

to the Near East, India, China and the Far East, Brazil, the US and Northern Europe. It was one of the first companies to use steam ships.

Lloyd Triestino

SS Australia (1950) model Trieste Maritime Museum

Österreichischer Lloyd's name was changed to Lloyd Triestino and the company restructured in 1919, when Trieste became a part of Italy, after serious losses during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. By the end of the 1930s, Lloyd Triestino was once again a major world shipping power, owning a fleet of 85 vessels with 17 services to east Africa, southern Africa, Asia, and Australia. The company was crippled by the devastation of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, losing 68 ships and 1,000 sailors. At the end, they were reduced to a fleet of just five ships and were again faced with a massive recovery operation. In 1950, Lloyd Triestino launched three 13,140 ton ocean-going passenger liners for its service to Australia: the ''Australia'', the ''Oceania'', and the ''Neptunia''. All three were replaced by two new liners, the ''SS Guglielmo Marconi, Guglielmo Marconi'' and the ''SS Galileo Galilei, Galileo Galilei'', in 1963. By 1956, the fleet had grown to 31 ships. A total of 199 ships were owned by Lloyd Triestino between 1919 and 2006. The illustrated travel magazine ''Sul Mare'' (Italian for 'On the Sea') was distributed on Lloyd's ships from March 1925 to 1944, and revived after the Second World War; 148 issues were produced.

Partnership with Evergreen Marine

CSCL Saturn, Container Ships in Hamburg (10901085226)

Lloyd Triestino entered into a partnership with Taiwanese shipping giant, Evergreen Marine, Evergreen Marine, Corp., in 1993. The partnership has grown over the years, and now includes Evergreen's British-based line, Hatsu Marine, created in 2000.

Italia Marittima

On March 1, 2006, Lloyd Triestino's name was changed to Italia Marittima. Ship names were changed from the prefix "LT" to "Ital" (e.g., ''LT Cortesia'' to ''Ital Contessa'').

References

External links

Official website

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