FounderDuels

Messageries Maritimes vs Union Company

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Messageries Maritimes is the older of the two, founded in 1835 — 40 years before Union Company.

Founded
1835
1875
Status
Closed 1977
Closed 2000
Headquarters
Paris, France
London, United Kingdom
Industry
water transport
water transport
Parent
Not recorded
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Messageries Maritimes and Union Company.