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

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

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.

Royal Interocean Lines disappeared into Nedlloyd Lines in the 1970s.

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.
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Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Promotional brochure (no sailings listed) (issued July 1963)
Tjiluwah Tjiwangi	Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Yokkaichi, Nagoya, Tokyo. Return voyages via Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe and Hong Kong to Sydney and Melbourne.
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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 voyages: 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).

(Courtesy of Theo Strauss)
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Sailings 1966
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Sailings Far East-Africa-South America
Boissevain Ruys Tegelberg Tjitjalengka Straat Banka	Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang, Mauritius, Lourenço Marques, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo (before or efter Buenos Aires), Buenos Aires. Return voyages: Buenos Aires, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Mauritius, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kobe, Osaka (optional), Yokkaichi (optional), Nagoya (optional), Yokohama.
Straat Rio Straat Bali Straat Mozambique	Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang, Mauritius, Lourenço Marques, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Montevideo (before or efter Buenos Aires), Buenos Aires. Return voyages: Buenos Aires, Santos, Cape Town, Durban, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japanese port(s) (optional), Kobe.
Sailings Australia-Japan-Hong Kong-Australia
Tjiwangi Tjiluwah	Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Yokkaichi, Nagoya, Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne.
Various services
Freighters w/passenger accomodation	India-Australia East & South Africa-Australia Africa-New Zealand West & South Africa-Australia Japan-West Africa China-Hong Kong-West Africa Far East-East Africa New Zealand-East Africa South Pacific

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Sailings April 1968 (various dates depending on route)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Sailings Far East-Africa-South America March-September 1968
Ruys (last voyage Apr-Aug before scrapping)	Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, Pusan (optional), Naha (optional), Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang, Mauritius, Lourenço Marques, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo, Buenos Aires. Return voyage: Buenos Aires, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London (optional), Durban, Mauritius, Singapore, Manila (optional), Hong Kong, Kobe.
Boissevain (last return voyage Apr-June before scrapping)	Buenos Aires, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London (optional), Durban, Mauritius, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kobe.
Straat Banka	Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, Pusan (optional), Naha (optional), Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang, Mauritius, Lourenço Marques, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Rio Grande (optional),Montevideo, Buenos Aires. Return voyage: Buenos Aires, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador/Recife (optional), Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London (optional), Durban, Mauritius, Singapore, Manila (optional), Hong Kong, Kobe.
Freighter w/passenger accomodation: Straat Rio Freighters w/no passenger accomodation: Straat Fiji Straat Florida Straat Fushimi Straat Futami Straat Hobart Straat Holland Straat Hong Kong	Kobe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang, Mauritius, Lourenço Marques, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Rio Grande (optional), Montevideo, Buenos Aires. Return voyages: Buenos Aires, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador/Recife (optional), Cape Town, Port Elizabeth (optional), East London (optional), Durban, Mauritius (optional), Singapore, Manila (optional), Hong Kong, Kobe.
Sailings Japan-West Africa April 1968-March 1969
Freighters w/passenger accomodation: Straat Franklin Straat Frazer Straat Freetown Straat Fremantle	Japan, Durban, Cape Town, Lagos (Apapa), Tema, Takoradi, Monrovia, Freetown. Return voyages: Freetown, Abidjan, Takoradi, Tema, Lagos (Apapa), Walvis Bay, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan.
Sailings Far East-East Africa April 1968-March 1969
Freighters w/passenger accomodation: Tjibantjet Tjibodas Tjikampek Tjipondok	Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mahé (every other voyage), Mombasa, Tanga, Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Beira. Return voyages: Beira, Lourenço Marques (omitted on every third voyage), Mtwara, Dar-es-Salaam, Zanzibar, Tanga, Mombasa, Port Swettenham, Singapore, Manila (optional), Hong Kong, Japan.
Sailings China-Hong Kong-West Africa April 1968-March 1969
Freighters w/passenger accomodation: Straat Bali Straat Magelhaen Straat Mozambique Straat Towa Hollands Dreef	Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Durban, Cape Town, Luanda, Pointe Noire, Lagos (Apapa), Cotonou, Lomé (optional), Tema, Takoradi, Abidjan, Monrovia, Freetown, Conakry, Dakar. Return voyages: Dakar, Takoradi, Tema, Lagos (Apapa), Matadi (optional), Lobito (optional), Walvis Bay (optional), Cape Town, Durban, Lourenço Marques, Singapore, Manila (optional), Hong Kong, Shanghai (optional on certain voyages; omitted on other), Japan.
Sailings China-East Africa April 1968-March 1969
Freighters w/passenger accomodation: Tjiliwong Tjimanuk Tjitarum	Hsinkang, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mogadiscio, East Africa (Mombasa, Tanga, Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Mtwara). Return voyages: East Africa, Beira, Penang, Port Swettenham, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai (optional), Hsinkang.
Sailings Africa-New Zealand April 1968-March 1969
Freighters w/passenger accomodation: Straat Lagos Straat Luanda	Durban, Lourenço Marques, Beira, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanga, Mombasa, Mauritius (optional), Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin. Return voyages: Dunedin, Bluff (optional), ports within Sydney/Fremantle range, Durban.
Sailings West & South Africa-Australia April 1968-April 1969
Freighters w/passenger accomodation: Straat Le Maire Straat Luzon	Lagos, Tema, Takoradi, Abidjan, Cape Town, Durban, Lourenço Marques (optional), Melbourne, Hobart (optional), Sydney. Return voyages: Sydney, Auckland, Dunedin (optional), Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Lagos.
Sailings East & South Africa-Australia February-October 1968
Freighters w/passenger accomodation: Straat Chatham Straat Clement Straat Cumberland Straat Johore Straat Singapore Straat Van Diemen	Mombasa, Tanga, Dar-es-Salaam, Lourenço Marques, Durban, Cape Town, Fremantle (Chatham, Clement, Singapore only), Adelaide (Chatham, Clement, Singapore only), Melbourne, Sydney. Return voyages: Sydney, Brisbane (Cumberland, Johore, Van Diemen only), Hobart (optional), Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Mauritius, Durban, Lourenço Marques, Beira, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanga, Mombasa.
Sailings Australia-Japan-Hong Kong-Australia April 1968-July 1969
Tjiluwah Tjiwangi	Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Yokkaichi, Nagoya, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe, Keelung, Hong Kong, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne.
Sailings India-Australia February-November 1968
Tjinegara Freighters w/passenger accomodation: Straat Clarence Straat Colombo Straat Lombok	Bombay, Cochin, Alleppey (optional), Colombo, Trincomalee, Penang, Port Swettenham, Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne. Return voyages: Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Singapore, Malacca, Penang, Colombo, Bombay.
Sailings East Asia-New Zealand March-December 1968
Freighters w/passenger accomodation: Straat Madura Straat Torres Also Houtman (freighter w/no passenger accomodation) on similar itineraries	Typical voyages: 1) Singapore, Lautoka, Suva, Auckland, Wellington, Picton (optional), Lyttelton. Return voyages: Auckland, Cairns (optional), Manila, Hong Kong, Bangkok (optional), Port Swettenham, Singapore. 2) Singapore, Lautoka, Suva, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin. Return voyages: Auckland, Cairns (optional), Manila, Hong Kong, Bangkok (optional), Port Swettenham, Singapore.
Sailings South Pacific-Australia February-September 1968
Freighters w/passenger accomodation: Van Cloon Van Neck Van Noort Freighter w/no passenger accomodation: Sigli	Bangkok, Songkhla (optional), Sibu, Kuching, Port Swettenham, Singapore, Brisbane (optional), Sydney, Melbourne. Return voyages: Melbourne, Devonport (optional), Sydney, Tawau (Van Neck and Van Noort only), Sandakan (Van Cloon and Sigli only), Kota Kinabalu, Labuan, Bangkok.
Sailings Australia-Latin America April-December 1968
Freighter w/passenger accomodation: Straat Cook	Brisbane, Newcastle, Port Kembla, Melbourne, Durban, Cape Town (optional), Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo (optional), Buenos Aires. Return voyages: Buenos Aires, São Francisco do Sul, Santos (optional), Rio de Janeiro (optional), Cape Town (optional), Durban, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane.
Sailings Gulf-East & South Africa March-June 1968
Freighters w/no passenger accomodation: Camphuys Van Riebeeck	Durban, Lourenço Marques, Dar-es-Salaam, Zanzibar, Mombasa, Mukalla, Muscat, Dubai, Bahrain, Kuwait, Basrah, Korramshahr, Abadan. Return voyages: Abadan, Kuwait, Muscat (optional), Mukalla, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Beira, Durban.
Freighter w/no passenger accomodation: Silindoeng	Dar-es-Salaam, Zanzibar, Mombasa, Kuwait, Basrah, Korramshahr, Abadan. Return voyages: Abadan, Dar-es-Salaam, (Zanzibar, Mombasa).

Click to view a cavalcade of sailing schedules from 1968 to 1971.
(All images courtesy of Theo Strauss)

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See also the shipping in 1971 section.

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