[1] The Black Ball Line pioneered regularly scheduled shipping with fixed departure dates, thus contributing to the eventual development of travel by ocean liner.

The Black Ball Line undertook to leave New York on a fixed day of the month irrespective of cargo or passengers.

The service took several years to establish itself and it was not until 1822 that the line increased sailings to two per month; it also reduced the cost of passage to 35 guineas.

[6][7] In 1836 the Line passed into the hands of Captain Charles H. Marshall, he gradually added the Columbus, Oxford.

"[9] In 1822, Isaac Webb built the three-masted ship Superior in New York City for Charles Hall of the Black Ball Line.