Norton Lilly International, was founded as Norton Lilly & Company in 1841 in New York City by John Norton Jr., In 1834, John Norton, Jr. moved to New York in 1834, he was born in Eastport, Maine in 1816. John Norton, Jr. John Norton, Jr. shipping experience started in 1840 when he became a partner in
Russell & Norton, a shipping agency for with routes from Florida to the West India. The ship operated out of Apalachicola, Florida and in 1851 added an Australia route to the line. In 1854 John Norton Jr., and his son, Edward N. Norton, opened his own shipping agency, Norton & Company and became the manager of the sailing ship Sea Flower , which operated out of Pensacola, Florida. Norton and son expanded and added a South America route with packet sailing ships. John Norton Jr. second son Augustus Norton joined the firm in 1878. Augustus Norton died on October 17, 1889, and a year later John Norton Jr. died on October 30, 1890. Edward N. Norton continued to run Russell & Norton, but in 1907, add a partner Joseph Thomas Lilly. With the new partnership, the firm was renamed Norton Lilly & Company.[1][2]
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Norton Lilly International
(Norton Lilly Company) |
Industry | Shipping |
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Founded | 1841 (1841) in New York City, United States |
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Area served | World Wide |
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Key people |
- John Norton Jr.
- Edward N. Norton
- Augustus Norton
- Joseph Thomas Lilly
- Richard von Appen (2005- )
- Andreas Ebensperger (2014- )
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Parent | Strachan Shipping Agency |
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Website | https://nortonlilly.com |
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Norton Lilly & Company supported both the World War I and World War II efforts.[3]
Norton Lilly & Company partnered with other companies in 2002. Norton Lilly & Company partnership is with Strachan Shipping Agency, Nortec Canada and Norton Lilly Panama and Ker Norton Marine. Norton Lilly International operates logistics, for dry bulk shipping, tanker (gas and oil), reefer ships, container ships, and passenger liners to over 70 ports worldwide.[2]
Norton Lilly International has offices in:[4]
- Baltimore, Boston, Brunswick, Charleston, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Miami, New York - New Jersey (Port Elizabeth), Norfolk, Philadelphia, Port Canaveral, Providence, RI, Savannah, Wilmington, DE, Wilmington, NC, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Cut Off, LA, Freeport, Houston, Lake Charles, Mobile, New Orleans, Saint Rose, Tampa, Long Beach - Los Angeles, Port Hueneme, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco - Oakland, Seattle, Stockton, and Tacoma.
- Montreal, Stephenville, Halifax, and Vancouver
- San Juan, Panama City/Balboa, Bridgetown, St. Croix, Trinidad,
- Mexico City, Veracruz, Altamira / Tampico, Coatzacoalcos (Pajaritos Terminal), Tuxpan, Mazanillo, Lazaro Cardenas, Ensenada / Rosarito, Progreso, and Altamaritima,
- Guam, Saipan, and Honolulu.
- Panama:
- Panama City - Balboa, and Cristobal