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Photo: Claes, Louis (fotograaf) · Public domain · file
Reported fleet size
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No published figure available
Container capacity
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Not a ranked container line
Gross tonnage on record
1,420
Summed over 1 ships reporting tonnage
In brief
Ellerman Lines was a UK cargo and passenger shipping company that operated from the late nineteenth century and into the twentieth century. It was founded in the late 19th century, and continued to expand by acquiring smaller shipping lines until it became one of the largest shipping firms in the world. Setbacks occurred through heavy losses to its merchant fleet in the First and Second World Wars but were overcome in each case.
The company suffered from competition and modernising trends in the shipping industry that occurred in the second half of the 20th century. Its shipping assets were subsequently sold off to larger companies until the name was dropped in 2004, and Ellerman finally ceased its long association with shipping. However, as of 2021, the Ellerman name was revived in the form of Ellerman City Liners, to provide a new container shipping service between the UK and China.
Corporate profile
Fleet on record
Composition of the 1 vessels this registry attributes to Ellerman Lines. Bars are true proportions of that set, not of the company's full fleet.
Delivery history
Ships delivered in each of the last 10 years, counted from the recorded build year of vessels attributed to this company, with the running total of its fleet on record. No deliveries fall inside this window — this company’s vessels on record were all built earlier.
| Year | Deliveries | Ships delivered | Gross tonnage added | Fleet on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | — | 1 | |
| 2018 | 0 | — | 1 | |
| 2019 | 0 | — | 1 | |
| 2020 |
Vessel records
| Ship | IMO | Type | Flag | Built | Gross tonnage | Deadweight | Length | Builder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5218200 | General cargo | Maldives | 1958 | 1,420 | 1,632 | 82.3 m | Henry Robb |
Ships in registry counts individual vessel records attributed to the company here. is the company’s published total. They measure different things and are shown separately on purpose.
In context
Counts over companies and vessels actually held in this directory — not over the world fleet, which is larger. Nothing here is estimated.
With 1 vessels attributed to it here, Ellerman Lines is the 492nd largest of the 965 operators in this directory that hold at least one ship on record, against a median of 2 across that group. That is a count of individually identified hulls, not the company’s published fleet size — the two are different measurements and both are shown above where available.
United Kingdom is the country of registration for 97 commercial operators in this directory, among which Ellerman Lines ranks 38th by ships on record. Between them those companies hold 260 vessels here. See every operator registered in United Kingdom.
Founded in 1892, Ellerman Lines is 134 years old. This directory holds 42 operators founded within five years either side of that date, whose median fleet on record is 1 ships. The median founding year across all commercial operators here is 1966, and the oldest on record dates to 1514.
Same country
Provenance
Company and vessel recordsWikidata item Q1332019, released under CC0. Counted figures on this page are counts over those records.
Written summaryQuoted from Ellerman Lines on English Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Published fleet figuresNo published fleet figure is available for this company.
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| 2021 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | — | 1 |
