Kerr Steamship Company, Kerr Company, ran passenger and cargo ships from New York City the Dutch East Indies, Ceylon, Egypt and other ports.
Kerr Company was founded in 1916, and was sold to Norton Lilly International in 1994 after a Kerr-Norton joint venture that started in 1981.
Kerr Steamship Company opened an office at 7 Rue Scribe, Paris and ran docks at Bordeaux.
Later, Kerr Steamship Company opened operations in Marseilles, Chicago, and New Orleans to support the war effort.
[2] In 1994 Kerr Company was the sub-agent for United Arab Shipping Company, and is an agent for Torm West Africa Line, Alliance Navigation, Compagnie Generale Maritime, and Compania Chilena de Navegacion Interoceanica.