Europe-Canada Line Fleet List
Fleet List of the Europe-Canada Line Showing Ownership, Nationality, Name of Ship, Year Placed in Service, and Gross Tonnage. Gross tonnage equals cubic feet of all enclosed space divided by 100. Notations Regarding the Ship (if any), Such as Previous Name or Renaming, are shown after the Gross Tonnage.
EUROPE-CANADA LINE
Europa-Canada Linie
(German)
Note: The Europa-Canada Line was formed in Bremen in 1955 as a joint subsidiary of the Nederlandsch Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij (NASM) or Holland America Line (HAL) and the Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd (KRL) both of Rotterdam to transport emigrants from Germany to North America. The Holland America Line became the sole owner in 1963. The line was renamed ECL Shipping Co. in 1966. The Europa-Canada Linie ceased operations in 1967.
Ports of call: Montreal, Quebec, Southampton, Le Havre, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven; Montreal, Quebec, Southampton, Zeebrugge, Bremerhaven; New York, Halifax, Saint John, Southampton, Le Havre, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven
- Seven Seas (1940) 12,575
Smith, Eugene W., Passenger Ships of the World: Past and Present, Boston: George H. Dean Company, 1963.
