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[[File:Kaiser-hun-speech.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kaiser Wilhelm II]] speaking at the departure of [[USS Huron (ID-1408)|SS ''Friedrich Der Grosse'']] with German troops to put down the [[Boxer Rebellion]] in China]]
Beginning in 1899, the NDL expanded into the Pacific, acquiring the entire fleets of two small British lines, the Scottish Oriental Steamship Company and the Holt East Indian Ocean Steamship Company, and setting up between 14 and 16 passenger and freight routes in conjunction with the postal service.<ref>Bessell, p. 78.</ref> <!-- Passenger service to Asia was offered in conjunction with the HAPAG beginning in 1900. Commenting this out as it does not fit what Bessell says. It was referenced to Drechsel but with no page. --> In 1900, 14 of NDL's passenger ships were requisitioned as troop transports due to the [[Boxer Rebellion]] in China; on 27 July, [[Kaiser Wilhelm II]] delivered his infamous [[Hun speech]], in which he compared the military of the German Empire to the Huns, at the departure ceremony for ''Friedrich Der Grosse''.<ref name=LAT->{{cite news | title = HISTORIC SHIPS TO PLY AGAIN | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | date = 1922-08-21 | page = II8 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Robert K. Massie |title= Dreadnought |publisher=Jonathan Cape | location=London |isbn=0-224-03260-7|author-link= Robert K. Massie |title-link= Dreadnought (book) |year= 1992 }}</ref> This inspired Britain later, when they seized a number of German ships, to rename them to names beginning with "Hun", such as "Huntsgreen" and "Huntsend".{{
At the beginning of the 20th century, the U.S. banking magnate [[J. P. Morgan]] began to acquire a number of shipping companies, including the [[White Star Line]], the [[Leyland Line]], and the [[Red Star Line]], to build a transatlantic monopoly. He succeeded in signing both HAPAG and NDL to an alliance, but was unable to acquire the British [[Cunard Line]], and the French [[Compagnie Générale Transatlantique]] (CGT).<ref>Lamar Cecil, ''Albert Ballin: Business and Politics in Imperial Germany, 1888–1918'', Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University, 1967, {{OCLC| 900428}}, pp. 52–53, 56–57.</ref> HAPAG and NDL gave Morgan the largest U.S. rail company, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and so Morgan offered to divide the market. The Holland-America Line and the Red Star Line together divided a contract for the passengers of the four companies. Ruinous competition was prevented. In 1912, the Morgan Agreement was terminated.<ref>Krass, Peter (May 2001). "He Did It!(creation of U.S. Steel by J.P. Morgan)". Across the Board (Professional Collection).</ref>
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==Fleet==
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This is a list of all ships in service of the NDL. Some of the ships were owned previously by other companies.<ref name="Ships list" />
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