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Royal Rotterdam Lloyd

A historic Dutch shipping company that operated routes to the Far East.

Last updated August 25, 2026

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Royal Rotterdam Lloyd was a Dutch shipping company founded in 1883 and headquartered in Rotterdam. It primarily operated passenger and cargo services between the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), and was one of the major Dutch shipping companies in the first half of the 20th century. In 1970, it merged with the Royal Dutch Steamship Company to form the Netherlands Shipping Union, which ceased operations in 1981.

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