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Alexander Stephen & Sons was a shipyard based in Glasgow, Scotland. They built a long row of vessels, ranging from cargo ships to trans Atlantic ocean liners. Established in 1750. Vessels built by Alexander Stephen & Sons Oscar II – 1901 Hull number 393 Trans-atlantic ocean liner built for the Danish steamship company Scandinavian America […]
Shipping companies have transported goods and passengers for millennia. From small vessels built of reeds to gigantic ocean liners, supertankers and cruise ships Europe Denmark Bornholmstrafikken DFDS – Det Forenede Damspkibs-Selskab Det Forenede Damspkibs-Selskab is one of very few steamship companies that has survived until today. Maersk Maersk is one of the worlds largest shipping […]
Since we began transporting goods and passengers over water, shipyards have built vessels to transport them in. Asia South Korea Hyundai Hyundai is a huge company, that is best known for their cars, but have factories manufacturing everything from electronic components to supertankers. Eurasia Australia Austal Europe Denmark Denmark, home of Vikings, and the worlds […]
Scandinavian America Line (in Scandinavia “Skandinavien-Amerika Linien”) was a Danish steamship company, owned and run by DFDS “Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab” (Loosely translated: The United Steamship-Company in Danish) The company originated as the Thingvalla Line, the first steamship company in Denmark, to transport emigrants directly from Denmark to America.DFDS bought the company in 1898. Scandinavian America […]
The engine factory Bukh was established by Jens Bukh and Johannes Gry, in the Danish town Hørve in 1904. After WWII they began manufacturing tractors. They began with manufacturing stationary diesel engines for industrial and farming purposes. In 1915 the factory was moved to the port city Kalundborg, where they became neighbours to Kalundborg Boatyard.They […]
