British Shipping Companies
The British Merchant Navy consists of various private shipping companies. Over the years many companies have come and gone, merged, changed their name or changed owners.
The following is a list of some of the British shipping companies, past and present:
- Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company (Shell Tankers)
- Ben Line
- Bibby Line
- Blue Funnel Line
- British Tanker Company
- Clan Line
- Cunard Line
- Elder Dempster Lines
- Ellerman Lines
- Evan Thomas Radcliffe
- Fyffes Line
- Harrison Line
- Indo-China Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
- Lamport and Holt
- Loch Line
- North Star Shipping
- Ocean Steam Navigation Company (White Star Line)
- Palm Line
- Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O)
- Port Line, originally named the Commonwealth and Dominion Line
- Ropner Shipping Company
- Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
- Silver Line
- Star Line (shipping company)
- Union-Castle Line
- United Africa Company
- Global Marine Systems, previously Cable & Wireless Marine and British Telecom Marine
- BP
- Shell International Shipping Services
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