EIGHT U.S. SHIPS SOLD TO NORWAY
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. The Maritime Commission has approved the application by the United States Lines Company to sell eight ships to the North Atlantic Transport Company, a Norwegian corporation. The ships will operate between New York, London and Liverpool, The sale includes the American Trader, American Banker, American Farmer, American Importer, American Merchant, American Shipper (all of which are of 7430 tons and were built in 1920), the American Traveller, of 7555 tons, which was also built in 1920, and the President Harding, of 13,869 tons, built In 1921. Norwegians hold 60 per cent, of the stock in the United States Lines and 40 per cent, of the stock in the Norwegian concern.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19400104.2.88.5
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 3, 4 January 1940, Page 8
Word Count
119EIGHT U.S. SHIPS SOLD TO NORWAY Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 3, 4 January 1940, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in