Blue Funnel Line

Not to be confused with Blue Funnel Group, Blue Funnel Cruises, Blue Funnel Ferries, or Blue Star Line.

Alfred Holt and Company (Blue Funnel Line)
Company typeSubsidiary of the Ocean Steam Ship Company
IndustryShipping, transportation
Founded16 January 1866
FounderAlfred Holt
Defunct1988
FateBankruptcy; assets sold
SuccessorOcean Group plc
Headquarters
United Kingdom Edit this on Wikidata
Area served
global
Key people
Victoria Drummond (Engineer)
ParentOcean Steam Ship Company
Subsidiaries
  • Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij Oceaan
  • East India Ocean Steam Ship Company
  • China Mutual Steam Navigation Company

Alfred Holt and Company, trading as Blue Funnel Line, was a UK shipping company that was founded in 1866 and operated merchant ships for 122 years. It was one of the UK's larger shipowning and operating companies, and as such had a significant role in the country's overseas trade and in the First and Second World Wars.