Ocean Group plc was a major British transport business.
It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The company was founded by Alfred Holt and Philip Holt, as the Ocean Steamship Company, to provide a steamship service known as the Blue Funnel Line, between the United Kingdom and China.
[1] In 1969, it joined forces with British & Commonwealth Holdings, Furness Withy, and P&O to form Overseas Containers Limited to exploit the introduction of containerization.
[1] In 1972, it acquired William Cory, a major shipping agent, and the following year, it changed its name to Ocean Transport & Trading.