NAVIGATION LIGNE AUTRICHIENNE
Trieste Autriche
Pointe à Pitre pour Marseille
Sucre
VOIR HISTORIQUE
DESCRIPTION
ANNEE 1919
FORMAT 32 CM X 24 CM
A ETE PLIE
TIMBRE ESTAMPILLE CONTROLE
SIGNATURE AU RECTO ET 2 SIGNATURES AU VERSO
TEXTE EN FRANCAIS
ETAT COURANT
PAVILLON DE LA COMPAGNIE
siège social à Trieste VOIR HISTORIQUE SUR CETTE COMPAGNIE
VAPEUR AUTRICHIEN Birginia
Capitaine Tiena
Cargaison SUCRE
VOIR SCANS
VOIR HISTORIQUE
HISTORIQUE
SOURCES
Austro-Americana Line — Austria in USA
Austria in USA
https://www.austria.org › austro-am...
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Austro-Americana was an Austrian shipping company founded in 1895 by the Austrian hauler Gottfried August Schenker and Scottish shipping merchant William Burell …
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Austro-Americana
Austro-Americana was an Austrian shipping company founded in 1895 by the Austrian hauler Gottfried August Schenker and Scottish shipping merchant William Burell to establish a freight line between Austria and North America, initially with an eye on supplying the Austrian textile and cotton industry. The company was headquartered in the port city of Trieste, Italy, then ruled by Austria-Hungary. It was also known as Unione Austriaca di Navigazione, Unione Austriacaand later as the Cosulich Line, but is most commonly referred to as Austro-Americana. At first it operated four ships acquired in England, mostly to and from the ports of Mobile, Brunswick, Charleston, Wilmington and Newport News. Additional routes eventually also served South America and New Orleans, as well as other ports based on demand.
Business was good and between 1897 and 1898 a total of seven additional used ships were bought to cope with demand until the economic crisis in 1901 and 1902 forced the company to sell some of the vessels again. In 1902 co-founder William Burell left the company and sold his shares to the Cosulich brothers, who were also running a shipping company, operating a total of 14 ships. Those were incorporated into Austro-Americana, and the company henceforth renamed to Vereinigte österreichische Schiffahrtsgesellschaften der Austro- Americana und der Gebrüder Cosulich in 1903. The company now operated a total of 19 vessels. In 1904, Austro-Americana decided to begin offering passenger service to the United States in order to get a share of the increasingly lucrative emigrant market, now competing with big players such as Cunard, Hamburg-America Line, or the North German Lloyd.
