China Navigation Company

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The China Navigation Company Limited
Swire Shipping & Swire Bulk
Company typeLiner & dry bulk shipping
Industryshipping
Founded1872
FounderJohn Samuel Swire
Headquarters
Area served
Asia-Pacific
Key people
  • Sam Swire, chairman
  • Jeremy Sutton, managing director
  • Peter Norborg, chief executive
ParentSwire Group
Websitewww.swirecnco.com

Swire Shipping Pte. Ltd. is registered in Singapore — with parent entity The China Navigation Company Limited (CNCo), trading as Swire Shipping & Swire Bulk — is a merchant shipping company based in Singapore. It is part of the Swire Group and wholly owned by John Swire & Sons Limited. It was called The China Navigation Company until October 2021, when it was renamed Swire Shipping.[1]

The Swire flag is also the house flag of CNCo.

The China Navigation Company was founded by John Samuel Swire to offer paddle steamer services on the Yangtze River.[2]

History[edit]

Scotts of Greenock, Scotland built the coastal steamship SS Shenking for CNCo in 1931

[3]

Taikoo Dockyard built SS Shuntien in Hong Kong in 1934. She was SS Shengking's sister ship.

Fleet[edit]

MULTI-PURPOSE VESSELS
MIHOS

  • Melanesian Chief (Ex-Coral Chief)[4]
  • Melanesian Pride (Ex-Highland Chief)[4]
  • Kokopo Chief[4]
  • Forum Samoa4 (Ex-Papuan Chief)[4]

CHALLENGERS

B170s

S-CLASS

CHIEF-CLASS - New Chief-Class Vessels, delivery 2015

  • Chief Class - TBN 1[4]
  • Chief Class - TBN 2[4]
  • Chief Class - TBN 3[4]
  • Chief Class - TBN 4[4]


BULK CARRIERS

Notable former vessels[edit]

A. & J. Inglis of Glasgow built the sidewheel river steamship PS Hankow for the China Navigation Co in 1874
John Swire's subsidiary Taikoo Dockyard in Hong Kong built SS Whang Pu for China Navigation Co in 1920
Anshun lying on her side in Milne Bay, New Guinea 1942.
Taikoo Dockyard built the riverboat MV Wulin for the China Navigation Co in 1935

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Our Journey". Swire Bulk. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. ^ The archives of John Swire & Sons Ltd (including the papers of the China Navigation Company Ltd) are held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/
  3. ^ Marriner, S; Hyde, F (1967). 'The Senior' John Samuel Swire 1825–1898. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay "The China Navigation Company Fleet". China Navigation Co. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  5. ^ "The China Navigation Co - MS Changsha & Taiyuan".
  6. ^ Lloyds (1942–1943). "Lloyd's Register 1942—43, Anhui" (PDF). Lloyd's Register (through PlimsollShipData). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  7. ^ Morton, Lewis (1993). The War in the Pacific: The Fall Of The Philippines. United States Army In World War II. Washington, D.C.: Center Of Military History, United States Army. p. 395. LCCN 53063678. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  8. ^ Masterson 1949, pp. 27, 320, 324, 326, 383, 338, Appendix 30 p. 1.
  9. ^ Lloyds (1942–1943). "Lloyd's Register 1942—43, Hanyang" (PDF). Lloyd's Register (through PlimsollShipData). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  10. ^ Masterson 1949, pp. 27, 320, 324, 326, 332, 338, Appendix 30 p. 3.
  11. ^ Lloyds (1942–1943). "Lloyd's Register 1942—43, Yochow" (PDF). Lloyd's Register (through PlimsollShipData). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  12. ^ Masterson 1949, pp. 27, 320, 324, 326, 332, 338, 381, Appendix 30 p. 6.

Further reading[edit]

  • Masterson, Dr. James R. (1949). U. S. Army Transportation In The Southwest Pacific Area 1941-1947. Washington, D. C.: Transportation Unit, Historical Division, Special Staff, U. S. Army.
  • In China Seas: A History of the China Navigation Company (1964, China Navigation Company Ltd)
  • The China Navigation Company Limited: A Pictorial History, 1872-2012, Charlotte Bleasdale (2012, Swire)
  • The China Navigation Company: 150 Years - an Anthology (2022)

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