Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij

NV Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij
Company type	Naamloze vennootschap
Industry	Passenger, mail and cargo shipping within the Dutch East Indies, and to and from neighbouring countries
Founded	1888
Founder	Rotterdamsche Lloyd; Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland;
Defunct	1966
Fate	Merged
Successors	Nedlloyd (1970–1997); P&O Nedlloyd (1997–2006); Maersk Line (2006–present);
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Parent	Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Unie
Website	http://kunstbezitnedlloyd.org

Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij (KPM, Dutch for Royal Packet Navigation Company), was a Dutch shipping line in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. It traded form 1888 to 1966. It was the dominant inter-island shipping line in the Dutch East Indies in the last half-century of the colonial era.

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