Seatrain Lines

The Seatrain Lines, Inc. was an American shipping company that existed from 1929 to 1981 and including a transatlantic container-line operation.

History

The shipping company founded in New York opened in 1929 with two ferries a rail ferry service between New York and Havana, Cuba. The two vessels initially used, and Seatrain Seatrain New Orleans, and later Seatrain Seatrain New York and Havana, could each carry about 100 loaded railroad cars. Due to political tensions in the early 1960s, the liner service to Cuba had to be stopped. Seatrain Lines opened instead a regular service to Puerto Rico, which failed however due to the insufficient Puerto Rican rail system. Inspired by the growing success of Malcom McLean 's Sea - Land Corporation also provided Seatrain Lines its Puerto Rico service to on container ships. The shipping company was known among other things by the construction of the container ship Euro Liner, the first scheduled cargo ship with gas turbine drive.

Bankruptcy

Seatrain Lines tried in the 1960s failed in shipbuilding. For 8.5 million dollars came 1965 on the acquisition by the company Trans Eastern Associates. Larger sums have been introduced into the company over the following years again and again without its situation improved substantially depending. Finally, the company was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1981.

Ships

• Seatrain
• Seatrain New Orleans
• Seatrain New York
• Seatrain Havana
• Seatrain Savannah
• Seatrain New Jersey
• Seatrain Texas
• Seatrain Georgia
• Seatrain Louisiana
• Euro liner
• Euro Freighter
• Asialiner
• Asiafreighter