Bull Lines main Eastcoast ports were: Baltimore, Charleston, Philadelphia, Tampa and Norfolk, Virginia.

Oversea ports: Porto Rico, Antwerp, Bordeaux, Hamburg, Bremen, Copenhagen, and West Africa.

[1] Archibald Hilton Bull (1847–1920) started in the shipping business at a very young age, he worked his way from an errand boy to be on the board of directors and presider of companies.

Has part of the agreement Bull had to agree not to run steamers to Puerto Rico for 10 years, till 1910.

Heir apparent, Edward M. Bull, Jr., left the East Coast, and practiced as a maritime lawyer for a time in San Francisco.

In 1909 he added to his fleet, the SS Jean, a 4,800 dwt, coal cargo ship, with a German crew of 31.

[9] When the United States entered the World War I in 1917, the US had Bull Lines operate fifteen ships.

At the end of World War I Bull started service to the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea and to the Azores, Canary Islands, and West Africa till 1924.

The Catherine offered overnight service between San Juan and Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands.

In 1930 the Bull Line had the passenger ship, SS Barbara offer service between Baltimore and San Juan.

The Barbara was purchased from the Grace Line, formally called SS Santa Cruz.

The two ships were a new type, built with resembled components, which greatly reduce the building time.

The most common armament mounted on these merchant ships were the MK II 20mm Oerlikon autocannon and the 3"/50, 4"/50, and 5"/38 deck guns.

In 1949 Bull purchased the passenger ship, SS Borinquen from the Porto Rico Line.

The Puerto Rico was put on the New York City to San Juan - Dominica Republic route.

In Bull Line purchased two more type C2 ship from the New York & Cuba Mail SS Co. in 1954.

The vast Bull Line fleet, now aged and on an obsolete system, put the company in decline.

[14][15] Puerto Rico-American steamship Company was purchased in June 1925 by Bull Lines.

Some accused Bull Lines of unfair competition, for buying up all the completion to Puerto Rico.

Bull ran lines from Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Norfolk, Virginia to Puerto Rico.

[21][22][23][24] Clyde-Mallory Lines main ports were: Jacksonville, New York, Miami, Boston, Wilmington, Charleston, Key West, Galveston, Tampa, New Orleans and Mobile.

Bull Insular Line operated the ships: Carolyn, Delfina, Delisle, Governor John Lind, Major Wheeler and Marina (1).

Only the Marina (1), Carolyn and Governor John Lind survived World War II, the three others were sunk by U-Boats.

Erricson Line had passenger and freight daily service between Philadelphia and Baltimore, via the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal from 1926 to 1936.

The line had stops in Cecil County: Reybold's Wharf, Town Point and Chesapeake City.

The company had run cargo ship starting in 1829 and added passenger boats in 1838, then incorporated in 1844.