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A look back as HAPAG celebrates 175 years

his year marks the 175th anniversary of the establishment of Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) in 1847. The company developed into the largest German, and at times the world’s largest, shipping company as European emigration to North America expanded. In 1970, after

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