Italia marittima

1836-1919: Österreichischer Lloyd

In 1833, seven insurance companies in the city of Trieste decided, together with Lloyd's of London , to create Austrian Lloyd Trieste. After the preliminary procedures for the creation of the company, the administration asked the Emperor of Austria Ferdinand I to grant the company the privilege of navigating to the Levant (Promised Country).

On April 20, 1836, the company's navigation department was created, which on August 2, 1836, decided to build six steamboats. Thus was founded the company Österreichischer Lloyd (Austrian Lloyd).

In 1838, the company's fleet was 10 vessels, in 1846, 20 vessels, and in 1860, 61 vessels. ^[one]

In 1844, the company absorbed the company First Danubian Steam Navigation Company, having intercepted its line from Constantinople to Smyrna . A year later, the company became the postal carrier of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.

By the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, the company acquired three ships, Pluto, Vulcan, and America.

After the opening of the channel, the company launched the Trieste- Bombay line and the weekly route between Trieste and Port Said . In 1879, the company opened a line to Colombo , and in 1880, a line to Singapore and Hong Kong .

In 1883, the building of the company's headquarters was built according to the project of the architect Heinrich von Ferstel in Trieste.

By 1918, the company had become one of the largest shipping companies in the world with a fleet of 62 vessels with a deadweight of 236 thousand tons. ^[1] The company transported from Trieste to the Middle East, India, China, the Far East, Brazil, the USA and Northern Europe.

1919–2006: Lloyd Triestino

In 1919, when the city of Trieste became part of Italy, the name of the company was changed to Lloyd Triestino.

As a result of World War I, the company underwent changes: 33 ships were confiscated by Austria for military needs (used as transport ships and hospitals), 8 were confiscated in foreign ports, 11 were sunk. ^[one]

By 1930, Lloyd Triestino again became one of the leading shipping companies, with a fleet of 85 vessels and 17 service lines to Asia, Africa and Australia. A network of agencies around the world consisted of 125 offices. ^[one]

1939-1945: Company fleet in World War II

During the Second World War, the company lost 68 ships. By the end of the war, the company's fleet consisted of 5 ships.

The fate of some of the company's ships:

• Liner Wandilla , built in 1912. Purchased by the company in 1935, renamed to Cesarea, and in 1938 renamed to Arno. Initialized in 1940, the Italian Navy was used as a hospital ship. It was sunk by the Royal Air Force of England on September 10, 1942 at the coordinates of 33 ° 14′N 23 ° 23′E 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Tobruk.

• Liner Duilio , built in 1921. The company was taken to the charter in 1933 and purchased in 1936. In 1942, it was taken to charter by the International Red Cross. Sunk July 10, 1944 allied aircraft. In 1948, raised and scrapped.

• Liner Conte Verde , built in 1923, in 1932 passed the company as a result of the absorption of the Italian Line . In 1943, as a result of a truce between Italy and the Allies , the team in Shanghai was flooded, but was raised by the Japanese in 1944, used to transport infantry. July 25, 1945 sunk during a B-24 US bomber raid.

• Liner Conte Biancamano . Built in 1925, in 1936, the company moved as a result of the absorption of the Italian Line . At the time of the declaration of war by Italy, the United States was in Panama , interned, renamed to USS Hermitage (AP-54) . Since August 1942, the United States has been used as a transport; during the war, it traveled 230,000 miles, carried 129,695 passengers. In 1947 it was transferred to Italy, renamed back to Conte Biancamano, used as a passenger liner, scrapped in 1961.

• Leonardo da Vinci liner, built in 1925. Acquired by the company in 1937. On February 14, 1941, it was taken by the English cruiser HMS Shropshire (73) , renamed SS Empire Clyde and used as a hospital ship. In 1948, it was renamed RFA Maine and was used by the Royal Navy as an auxiliary vessel. Participated in the war in Korea. Scrapped in April 1954.

• Savoia refrigerated truck built in 1922, acquired by the company in 1937. February 14, 1941 was taken as a trophy as a ship-prize by the English cruiser HMS Hawkins (D86) . Renamed to Empire Arun. Participated in a number of convoys. After the war, he changed several owners and in 1969 was sold for scrap.

1945–2006: post-war recovery

By the end of the war, the company's fleet consisted of 5 ships.

By 1956, the Lloyd Triestino fleet had grown to 31 ships.

In the 1970s, during the container revolution, the company became a pioneer in container shipping to Africa, Asia and Australia. The company owned the first Italian container ship “Lloydiana” with a cargo capacity of 1.698 teu. ^[one]

In 1993, the campaign entered into a partnership with the Taiwanese company Evergreen Marine .

2006: Italia Marittima

On March 1, 2006, the company changed its name to Italia Marittima.

The names of the ships were changed accordingly: instead of the prefix “LT”, the prefix “Ital” is indicated before the name of the ship (for example, LT Cortesia was renamed Ital Contessa).

By the end of 2006, the company's fleet was 35 container ships. ^[one]

By April 2007, the company operated with 40 vessels, 9 of them own and 31 taken on charter. ^[one]

• 1963—1984: Galileo Galilei liner, built on the order of the company in 1963, for the Italy-Australia line. In 1979 he was sold to the company Italian Line .