Mississippi Shipping Company

The Mississippi Shipping Company serviced ports in the Gulf of Mexico and along the east coast of South America.

Initially formed to support coffee merchants and Brazilian produce to New Orleans and up the Mississippi River, the company competed with New York City-based shipping lines.

Delta Line failed to modernize and upgrade to container ships in the 1970s, unlike many of its competitors.

United States Lines incorporated some of the ships into its routes but went bankrupt in 1986.

At its peak in 1949, the Mississippi-Delta Line owned 14 ships with a total of 98,000 gross register tons.