Norddeutscher Lloyd

Norddeutscher Lloyd
Company typeJoint-stock company
IndustryShipping, transportation
GenreShipping
PredecessorOcean Steam Navigation Company
Founded1857 in Bremen, Germany
FounderHermann Henrich Meier
Defunct1 September 1970
FateMerged with Hamburg America Line in 1970
SuccessorHapag-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.