Swayne & Hoyt Lines

Swayne & Hoyt Lines was an American steamship company based in San Francisco, California, and in operation from the late 1890s to the late 1930s.

Swayne & Hoyt was engaged in trade with Japan by 1896, when the company was recorded as protesting duties assessed on ceramic goods it had imported in February 1896.[1]

In the years after World War I, Swayne & Hoyt was engaged in the tramp trade with leased United States Shipping Board ships but later evolved into a scheduled cargo line.[2] In 1926, the company was operating the American-Australian-Orient Line which sailed to Australia, New Zealand, and Asian ports.[3] Also in the mid-1920s, Swayne & Hoyt was engaged in trade between Pacific ports and the east coast of South America.[4]

By the late 1930s, Swayne & Hoyt was engaged in intercoastal shipping between U.S. ports on the Gulf of Mexico and on ports on the Pacific coast via the Panama Canal.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Synopsis of the decisions of the Treasury Department on the construction of the tariff, navigation, and other laws for the year ended December 31, 1896. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O. 1898. p. 945. OCLC 10329892.
  2. ↑ McMillan, Joe (25 November 2001). "Swayne & Hoyt Lines". House Flags of U.S. Shipping Companies. FOTW Flags of the World. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
  3. ↑ "Large shipping deal in making". Los Angeles Times. 18 October 1927. p. 11.
  4. ↑ "Shipping and Los Angeles Harbor news". Los Angeles Times. 15 December 1925. p. 19.
  5. ↑ Swayne & Hoyt, Ltd. v. United States, 300 U.S. 297 (1937)


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