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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Stack SundayDate: 03/07/21 17:14 Stack Sunday Author: Fiftyfooter I have never seen one of these containers before, so I did a little research on this one I saw yesterday! Lots of cool history here! Do you TO members see these very much?
Lloyd Triestino Shipping Line the company was founded as Österreichischer Lloyd (or “Austrian Lloyd”) in 1836 and became one of the world’s biggest shipping companies by managing most oversea trade and passenger travel of Austria-Hungary until 1918. The Austrian Lloyd was running regular services from Trieste to the Near East, India, China and the Far East, Brazil, the USA and Northern Europe. It also was one of the first to use steam ships. It helped make Trieste one of the hubs of trade and travel in the Mediterrenean.The company’s name was changed to Lloyd Triestino in 1919, when Trieste became a part of Italy. At this time, the company also faced major restructuring in order to recover losses incurred during World War I. By the end of the 1930s, Lloyd Triestino, with its offshoot Marittima Italiana, was once again a major world shipping power, owning a fleet of 85 vessels with 17 services to east Africa, southern Africa, Asia, and Australia. The company was crippled by the devastation of World War II in the 1940s. During the war, Lloyd Triestino lost 68 ships and 1,000 sailors. At the end, they were reduced to a fleet of just five ships and were once again faced with a massive recovery operation. By 1956, the Lloyd Triestino fleet had grown to 31 ships. In 2006, Lloyd Triestino’s name was changed to Italia Marittima - This shipping line helped popularise modern cruising and tourism and brought the formerly inaccessible!  Date: 03/07/21 20:12 Re: Stack Sunday Author: Skuat I wouldn’t call them common, especially in comparison to say Maersk, Mediterranean, Triton, Seaco or any of the former ONE group containers, but I see them on a fairly regular basis. I’d put them on par with containers from the likes of Turkon, Italia, Caru and Xines, as far as how common they are. Not showing up on a daily basis, but maybe on a weekly basis.
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