When was the company that built the world's first fully cellular purpose-built container ship formed?
Adelaide Steamship Company The Adelaide Steamship Company was formed by a group of South Australian businessmen in 1875. Their aim was to control the transport of goods between Adelaide and Melbourne and profit from the need for an efficient and comfortable passenger service. For the first 100 years of its life, the main activities of the company were conventional shipping operations on the Australian coast, primary products, consumer cargoes and extensive passenger services.
Costamare Costamare Inc. (NYSE:CMRE) is a Marshall Islands corporation and one of the world's leading owners and providers of containerships for charter. Its headquarters are in Athens Greece. Costamare Inc. has 37 years of history in the international shipping industry and a fleet of 56 containerships, with a total capacity of approximately 326,000 twenty foot equivalent units (TEU) including 10 newbuild containerships on order.