NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA SUWA MARU SHIP PALESTINE POSTCARD

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA "SUWA MARU" SHIP PALESTINE POSTCARDSHIPPING: $8 (REGISTERED).Nippon Yusen Kaisha K.K.One of the largest shipping lines in the world, NYK was formed in 1885 by the merger of Mitsubishi Shokai with Kyodo Unyu Kaisha. The company expanded rapidly, initially in the Far East and in 1899 inaugurated a liner service between Japan and London. Later services were expanded to South America, Batavia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and western USA and Canada. World War II saw the destruction of much of the NYK fleet and the confiscation of most of the remainder during 1945-46 but by the mid 1950s NYK ships were again trading around the world. The advent of popular air travel caused the company to dispose of their passenger ships in the 1960s and to commence establishing container ship routes in 1968. In 1989 NYK revived it's passenger ship business with cruise ships and formed the subsidiary Crystal Cruises to handle this operation. The company is still operating.Suva Maru 1943 torpedoed and sunk by USS TUNNY, FINBACK and SEADRAGON.