steamship line
History of steamship lines
The
shipping company is an outcome of the development of the
steamship. In former days, when the
packet ship was the mode of conveyance, combinations, such as the well-known Dramatic and
Black Ball lines, existed but the ships which they ran were not necessarily owned by the organizers of the services. The advent of the steamship changed all that.
steamship line
Noun
1. a line responsible for the operation of a fleet of steamships
(synonym) steamship company
(hypernym) line
(hyponym) fleet
Steamship Line
A company usually having the following departments: vessel operations, container operations, tariff department, booking, outbound rates, inward rates, and sales. The company can maintain its own in-country offices to handle regional sales, operations, or other matters, or appoint steamship agents to represent them doing the same. Some lines have liner offices in several regions and appointed agents in others.