Maritime Directory

Norfolk, VA, United States

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., known as Lykes Lines, was a US cargo shipping company founded in 1900 that grew from Gulf Coast cattle shipping to Cuba into a major international breakbulk and container carrier before ceasing operations in 2005.

Tacoma, WA, United States

Sea-Land Industries was a pioneering American container shipping company that developed standardized stackable metal containers in the 1950s, revolutionizing maritime cargo transport. It began Port of Tacoma operations in May 1985 with the ship Endurance and merged into Maersk SeaLand in 1999.

San Pedro, CA, United States

Wilmington Transportation Company (1884-1997) was a historic Southern California maritime company incorporated by Phineas Banning that operated coastal steamer service between San Pedro and Santa Catalina Island. It became a subsidiary of the Santa Catalina Island Company and ceased operations in 1997.