Maritime partnership celebrates historic milestone
On 4 December 1861, the ‘Borussia’, an iron steamer providing a 16-day mail service between Europe and New York and which accommodated 500 passengers, made its maiden call at the port.
Today the ‘Basle Express’, part of Hapag Lloyd’s liner services, offers up to six weekly sailings from North America, the Middle East and Asia to Southampton, carrying containerised goods destined for the UK and Europe.
The 150th anniversary comes just after the shipping company celebrated 125 years of regular liner shipping services with the Far East and Australia in November.
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