North German Lloyd Steamship Company - Kitadoitsu Lloyd Steamship

Japanese: 北ドイツ・ロイド汽船[会社] - きたどいつろいどきせん
North German Lloyd Steamship Company - Kitadoitsu Lloyd Steamship

…However, after the 1850s, when steamships first adopted the coupling engine, propulsion methods changed from paddle wheels to screw propellers, and hull materials changed from wood to iron and then to steel, the regularity of steamship voyages increased significantly, operating costs dropped sharply, and the network of regular steamship routes expanded rapidly. In particular, the opening of the Atlantic submarine cable (1858) and the Suez Canal (1869) helped not only the British P&O and Blue Funnel Line, but also the French Messagerie Maritime Company (now Générale Maritimes) and the German North German Lloyd Steamship Company (NDL, now Haparc-Lloyd) to extend their routes to the Far East and Australia, and on the Atlantic routes the American Collins Line and the German Hamburg American Steamship Company (HAPAG, now Haparc-Lloyd)…

[From Haparc Lloyd [Company]]

…Germany's largest liner company. It was established in 1970 by the merger of the country's two largest liner companies, the Hamburg American Mail Shipping Company (abbreviated as Haparc) and the North German Lloyd Steamship Company. Before the merger, Haparc (founded in 1847) and North German Lloyd (founded in 1857) both had long histories and prospered by transporting immigrants from Europe to America. Until World War I, they competed with British shipping companies for dominance on liner routes around the world. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the North German Lloyd Steamship Company is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし1850年代以降,汽船にまず連成機関が採用され,推進方式も外輪からスクリュープロペラに,また船体素材も木から鉄,さらに鋼へと進歩すると,汽船航海の規則性は著増し,運航費も激減し,汽船による定期航路網が急速に拡大した。 とくに大西洋海底電線(1858),スエズ運河(1869)の開通にたすけられ,イギリスのP&Oやブルー・ファンネル・ラインのみでなく,フランスのメサジュリー・マリティーム会社(現,ジェネラル・マリティーム会社)やドイツの北ドイツ・ロイド汽船会社(NDL。現,ハパーク・ロイド会社)なども極東やオーストラリアに航路を延長し,大西洋航路でもアメリカのコリンズ・ラインやドイツのハンブルク・アメリカ汽船会社(HAPAG。…

【ハパーク・ロイド[会社]】より

…ドイツ最大の定期船会社。同国の二大定期船会社ハンブルク・アメリカ郵便船会社(略称ハパーク)と北ドイツ・ロイド汽船会社が1970年に合併して創設された。合併前のハパーク(1847年創立)と北ドイツ・ロイド(1857年創立)はともに歴史が古く,ヨーロッパからアメリカへの移民輸送で栄え,第1次世界大戦までは世界の定期航路でイギリス船社と覇権を争っていた。…

※「北ドイツ・ロイド汽船[会社]」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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