Lithuania's first naval shipping company
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Jūreivystė; Uostai; Klaipėda; Laivininkystė; Maritime; Ports; Klaipeda; Shipping.
ENThi s article describes The Steamship Company of Lithuania (Lietuvos garlaivių bendrovė), independent Lithuania's first naval shipping company, which was founded on February 1, 1919, in Kaunas. The company was created to organize river and sea transport in Lithuania and also to connect New York and Klaipeda by way of a transatlantic navigation line. Tine article examines the activities of the Steamship Company of Lithuania in organizing water transportation from 1919 to 1936. It describes the problems the company encountered and the contributions Lithuanians in America made to help establish the company. It describes the ships which belonged to the company as well as the individuals who contributed most towards the creation of the company and the functioning of its transport operations. [From the publication]
- Jūrinis savarankiškumas : Lietuvos prekybos laivyno kūrimosi istorija (1921-1940 m.) / Romualdas Adomavičius. [Klaipėda] : Lietuvos jūrų muziejus, 2012. 123 p.
- Martyno Yčo ekonominės veiklos Kaune pėdsakais.. Kauno istorijos metraštis. 2006, 7, p. 111-136.
