This is a British line, operating between the same ports as the Harrison Line, and also has its home office in Liverpool. It supplies a semimonthly freight and mail service between these ports. The vessels now in service are the Antillian, Alexandrian, Median, Nortonian, Nobian Asian and Nossian. These two British lines are most important as freight and mail carriers, the passengers carried being relatively small in number.
LA VELOCE LINE
This is an Italian line having its home office in Genoa, Italy. It was established in 1890 and supplies an irregular freight, passenger and mail service between the following ports:
Genoa, Marseilles, Barcelona, Teneriffe, Trinidad, La Guaira, Puerto Cabello, Caracao, Puerto Colombia, Cartagena, Port Limon, Colón and Genoa.
Its vessels in service are the Europa and Bologna.
TRANSATLANTIC ITALIAN COMPANY
This is another Italian company operating steamships between that country and the Americas. It is a new company, the service having been established August 10, 1920, with home office in Genoa, Italy. Its itinerary comprises the following ports:
Genoa, Marseilles, Barcelona, Cadiz, Teneriffe, Trinidad, La Guaira, Puerto Cabello, Curaçao, Puerto Colombia, Cristobal, Balboa, Guayaquil, Callao, Mollendo, Arica, Casigua, Aristo, Fagasta, Valparaiso and Genoa.
This line is equipped with three 12,000 ton motor vessels of recent design; the San Georgio I, San Georgio II, and San Georgio III, and supplies a passenger and freight service.
These ships carry merchandise and raw material from La Guaira and Puerto Cabello to less accessible ports like Ciudad Bolívar, and from the latter port to the northern coast this company is rapidly increasing the number and tonnage of its vessels and undoubtedly will be an important factor in the commercial progress of Venezuela in the years to come.