Royal Rotterdam Lloyd

Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd
Royal Rotterdam Lloyd
	Painting by WJ Hoendervanger of Willem Ruys
Type	Public
Industry	Shipping line
Founded	1883
Defunct	1970
Fate	succeeded by Nedlloyd
Successor	Nedlloyd
Headquarters	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Area served	Netherlands; East Indies;
Services	ocean Liners; cargo ships;
Parent	Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Unie

Royal Rotterdam Lloyd (Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd or KRL) was a Dutch shipping line that was established in Rotterdam in 1883 as Rotterdamsche Lloyd (RL). It became "Royal Rotterdam Lloyd" in 1947. RL mainly operated scheduled passenger and mail services between Rotterdam and the Dutch East Indies. Its independent existence ended in 1970, when KRL merged with four other Dutch shipping companies to form the Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Unie (NSU). In 1977 NSU became Nedlloyd.

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