Royal Rotterdam Lloyd

Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd
Royal Rotterdam Lloyd
Company typePublic
IndustryShipping line
Founded1883; 141 years ago (1883)
Defunct1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Fatesucceeded by Nedlloyd
SuccessorNedlloyd
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Area served
Services
ParentNederlandsche Scheepvaart Unie Edit this on Wikidata

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.