James Baines & Co.

James Baines & Co. of Liverpool was a British shipping company, most famous for the Liverpool Black Ball Line of Australian Packets, a fleet of packet ships running cargo and passenger services between Liverpool, England, and Australia in the second half of the 1800s. It also traded in India and Crimea.

See also: Black Ball Line (trans-Atlantic packet)

James Baines & Co.
Company typePrivate
IndustryShipping, transportation
Founded1851
Defunct1871
FateClosed
Headquarters6 Cook Street, Liverpool, England, UK
Key people
James Baines and Thomas Mackay
Number of employees
up to 300 officers and 3000 seamen in 1860
SubsidiariesLiverpool Black Ball Line of Australian Packets
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