Hamburg-Amerikanische-Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft

Hamburg-Amerikanische-Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft, also known as the Hamburg America Line, is a renowned German transatlantic shipping enterprise founded in 1847, with its headquarters in Hamburg, operating as a major player in global maritime operations, notably serving the significant market driven by German and Eastern European immigration to the United States, eventually becoming the largest German and at times the world's largest shipping company, before merging with North German Lloyd on September 1, 1970, to form Hapag-Lloyd AG↗, a leading international shipping and container transportation company, for more information on the company's history and current operations, visit Wikipedia↗ or the official Hapag-Lloyd website.