Nauru Pacific Line

The Nauru Pacific Line (NPL) is the national shipping line of the Republic of Nauru, founded in 1969.[1] Its fleet consists of five owned and two leased ships, which travel throughout all of Oceania. It is loss-making and gets subventions from the state.[2]

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It is a member of the Pacific Forum Line, a joint venture between several national shipping lines established in 1977 after a dispute between the NPL and the Maritime Union of New Zealand.[3]

See also

References
  1. Connell, John (2006). "Nauru: The first failed Pacific State?". The Round Table. 95 (383): 47–63. doi:10.1080/00358530500379205.
  2. Folliet, Luc (2010). Nauru, l'île dévastée: comment la civilisation capitaliste a détruit le pays le plus riche du monde [Nauru, the devastated island: how capitalist civilization destroyed the richest country in the world] (in French). La Découverte. p. 103. ISBN 9782707164315.
  3. Lal, Brij V.; Fortune, Kate (2000). The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1. University of Hawaii Press. p. 389. ISBN 9780824822651.


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