Royal Interocean Lines - RIL
(Java-China Line - Koninklijke Java-China Paketvaart Lijnen)

Netherlands/Hong Kong

In 1947, Java-China-Japan Lijn was transformed into Koninklijke Java-China Paketvaart Lijnen,
better known as Royal Interocean Lines. Many KPM ships were eventually transferred to the new company.

Sailings March 1956-June 1957 (issued May 1956)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Boissevain
Ruys
Tegelberg
Yokohama, Nagoya (optional), Osaka (optional), Kobe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Swettenham and/or Penang, Mauritius, Lourenço Marques, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Buenos Aires.

Return voyages: Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Mauritius, Belawan (one call each, otherwise optional), Singapore, Manila (Boissevain called once, otherwise optional), Hong Kong, Kobe, Osaka (optional), Nagoya (optional), Yokohama.

Tjitjalengka
Tjisadane
Yokohama, Nagoya (optional), Osaka (optional), Kobe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Swettenham and/or Penang, Mauritius, Lourenço Marques (Tjitjalengka only), Durban, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Buenos Aires.

Return voyages: Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Mauritius, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kobe, Osaka (optional), Nagoya (optional), Yokohama.

Tjinegara
(one homeward voyage as Straat Makassar before being renamed)
Yokohama, Nagoya (optional), Osaka (optional), Kobe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Swettenham and/or Penang, Mauritius (optional), Lourenço Marques, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Buenos Aires.

Return voyages: Buenos Aires, Montevideo (optional), Santos, Rio de Janeiro (optional), Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Lourenço Marques (as Tjinegara only), Mauritius, Belawan, Penang and/or Port Swettenham, Singapore, Manila , Hong Kong, Kobe, Osaka (optional), Nagoya (optional), Yokohama.

Click to view a brochure with photos of the Ruys and Tjitjalengka
Click to view a brochure with photos of the Tegelberg

Click for a view of the interior of the brochure
Promotional brochure (no sailings listed) (issued July 1963)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Tjiluwah
Tjiwangi
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Yokkaichi, Nagoya, Tokyo.
Return voyages via Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe and Hong Kong to Sydney and Melbourne.
Click to view a brochure with photos of the Tjiluwah and Tjiwangi (1)
Click to view a brochure with photos of the Tjiluwah and Tjiwangi (2)

Click for a view of the back of the brochure
Sailings November 1964-October 1965 (issued December 1964)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Straat Soenda
Straat Colombo
Straat Chatham
Tjipanas
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Saigon (optional), Singapore (optional), Durban, Cape Town, Luanda, Matadi (optional), Douala (optional), Port Harcourt, Lagos, Apapa, Cotonou (optional), Lomé (optional), Tema, Takoradi, Abidjan, Monrovia, Freetown, Dakar.
Return voayges: Dakar, Takoradi, Tema, Lagos, Apapa, Benin, Port Harcourt, Matadi (optional), Lobito (optional), Walvis Bay (optional), Cape Town, Durban, Lourenço Marques (most voyages), Singapore, Manila (optional), Hong Kong, Shanghai (optional), Japanese ports (probably Moji, Kobe and Yokohama).

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See the archives section for more brochures of Royal Interocean Lines.
See also the shipping in 1971 section.

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The Dutch website De Nederlandse Koopvaardij en de Reclame has illustrations of brochures of Royal Interocean Lines.

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This page last updated April 7, 2009.