Hongkong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company
British merchant shipping and maritime trading company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hongkong Canton & Macao Steamboat Company was a British merchant shipping and maritime trading company founded in 1865 in the Crown colony of Hong Kong.
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Native name | 省港澳輪船公司 |
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Company type | Private company limited by shares[1] |
HKCR No. 0000002[1] | |
Industry | Shipping, Transport, Freight, Merchant shipping |
Founded | October 20, 1865; 158 years ago (1865-10-20) at Hong Kong[1] |
Founder | Douglas Lapraik, J. J. dos Remedios, A. E. Vaucher, Arthur Sassoon, R. Solomon, D. Ruttunjee, Bapoorjee Pallunjee Ranjee[2] |
Defunct | April 28, 1958 (1958-04-28)[1] |
Fate | Defunct |
Headquarters | 20 Des Voeux Road Central, |
Area served | China trade |
Key people | Douglas Lapraik, She Tat-cheong, Percy Hobson Holyoak, A. O. Lang, Phineas Ryrie, Emanuel Raphael Belilios, William Keswick |
Products | Ship Management, Ferry, Ocean liners, Property, Container ships, Packet boats |
Total assets | $750,000 HKD[2] (1865[2]) |
Total equity | 7,500 shares at $100 HKD each[2] (1865[2]) |
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