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| Company type | Joint-stock company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Shipping, transportation |
| Genre | Shipping |
| Predecessor | Ocean Steam Navigation Company |
| Founded | 1857 in Bremen, Germany |
| Founder | Hermann Henrich Meier |
| Defunct | 1 September 1970 |
| Fate | Merged with Hamburg America Line in 1970 |
| Successor | Hapag-Lloyd |
Area served | Transatlantic, Mediterranean, Asia, and Australia |
Key people | Co-founder and Executive Chairman Eduard Crüsemann |
Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL; lit. North German Lloyd) was a German shipping company. It was founded by Hermann Henrich Meier and Eduard Crüsemann in Bremen on 20 February 1857. It developed into one of the most important German shipping companies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was instrumental in the economic development of Bremen and Bremerhaven. On 1 September 1970, the company merged with Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) to form Hapag-Lloyd AG.