OLD CHINA SHIPS
(above) Hong Kong's central harbour and western anchorage on 16 April 1964. Yaumatei typhoon shelter; centre-left, Stonecutters Island and lay-up anchorage, now reclaimed. (Stephen Kentwell Mamiya Ruby Standard/Kodachrome).
中国沿海、珠江、长江等地区航运公司船队图解清单
Illustrated Histories and Fleet Lists of Steamship Companies of the China Coast, Pearl and Yangtze Rivers, and adjacent waters since the mid-19th century
该站点以 PDF 格式提供了超过 2500 页的 A4 页图 解车队列表。机队列表分为以下十个类别。“中国”类别包括拥有中国所有权但在非中国国旗下注册的船舶，包括英国管理的香港。单击位于任何主页顶部和底部的绿色菜单栏以访问类别演示文稿和 PDF 文件。
Old China Ships seeks to provide in the public domain a database of brief histories and illustrated fleet lists of the steamship companies that operated on the China Coast and rivers from the mid-19th century. It extends to companies and fleets of Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan. Over 2500 A4 pages are available in PDF form in 12 categories described below:
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The two main foreign shipping companies, JARDINE Matheson’s Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd and John SWIRE & Son’s China Navigation Co. Ltd, which from the late 19th century served the Yangtse, the China coast and beyond.
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Other FOREIGN shipping companies operating on the China coast in the period to October 1949.
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CHINESE shipping companies operating on the coast in the period to October 1949.
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Shipping fleets operating on the YANGTSE River and to adjacent coastal areas in the period to October 1949*
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Shipping fleets of the PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
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HONG KONG-based steamship fleets operating locally to Guangzhou, Macao, Manila, Taiwan, Shantou, Xiamen, Fuzhou etc.*
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Hong Kong and Taiwan-based 'NEW WAVE' private Chinese steamship companies after 1949, registered in various locations.
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Shipping companies operating from SINGAPORE and the Straits.
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Shipping companies operating in and from INDONESIA.
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Shipping companies operating in and from THE PHILIPPINES.
GLOSSARY
REFERENCE MATERIAL - THE CHINA YEAR BOOK (PDF FORMAT)
Publications
C.Y. TUNG AND THE RISE OF CHINESE SHIPPING
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Authors
STEPHEN KENTWELL
Stephen was a retired career foreign service officer with a lifetime interest in East Asian shipping. Until his sudden death in July 2026, he was the designer and webmaster of www.oldchinaships.com
HOWARD DICK
Howard is a retired economic and business historian, currently an honorary professorial fellow in the Faculty of Business & Economics at The University of Melbourne. His research has focused on Southeast Asia along with a professional and personal interest in the maritime industry of East Asia and Australasia.