Orient Overseas Line Series

Archive

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Orient Overseas Line Series

Entry/Object ID

K0001.113

Scope and Content

This series consists of five folders: The Orient Overseas Line was founded in 1947 by CY Tung in Hong Kong, as a freight and passenger shipping company, which operated vessels with an all-Chinese-crew between Chinese, American and European ports. The line ceased its passenger operations in 1969 to focus on freighter service. As of 2011, the line is known as Orient Overseas Container Line and forms one third of the shipping "Grand Alliance" of NYK, Itself, and Hapag-Lloyd.

Collection

Kingsbury Maritime Ephemera Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Folder, File

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Document

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

May 23, 2011