Willcox, BM

Japanese: Willcox,B.M.(英語表記)WillcoxBM
Willcox, BM

…The world's largest shipping company, with the oldest tradition in British shipping, has occupied a leading position in global shipping. Based on the British trade routes that were the foundation of the development of the shipping industry, the company was founded in 1822 by Arthur Anderson and Brodie McGhie Willcox. In 1835, the shipping company opened a regular steamship service between England and Spain under the name of the Peninsula Steamship Company, and four years later, in 1839, it opened a regular route between Gibraltar and Alexandria under its current name. …

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Japanese:

…イギリス海運最古の伝統を有し,世界海運に指導的地位を占めてきた世界最大手の船会社。海運業の生成発達の基盤となったイギリス貿易航路を地盤に,1822年にアンダーソンArthur AndersonとウィルコックスBrodie McGhie Willcoxの2人が創設した船会社を始まりとする。この船会社は35年にペニンシュラ汽船会社という社名でイングランドとスペイン間に汽船による定期運航サービスを開設し,4年後の39年には現在の社名でジブラルタルとアレキサンドリア間に定期航路を開設した。…

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