Nauru Pacific Line

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The Nauru Pacific Line (NPL) is the national shipping line of the Republic of Nauru,{{cn|date=January 2020}} founded in 1969.{{cite journal |last=Connell |first=John |year=2006 |title=Nauru: The first failed Pacific State? |journal=The Round Table |volume=95 |issue=383 |pages=47-63 |doi=10.1080/00358530500379205}} Its fleet consists of five owned and two leased ships, which travel throughout all of Oceania. It is loss-making and gets subventions from the state.{{cite book |last=Folliet |first=Luc |year=2010 |title=Nauru, l'île dévastée: comment la civilisation capitaliste a détruit le pays le plus riche du monde |trans-title=Nauru, the devastated island: how capitalist civilization destroyed the richest country in the world |publisher=La Découverte |page=103 |isbn=9782707164315 |language=French}}

It is a member of the Pacific Forum Line, a joint venture between several national shipping lines established in 1977 after a dispute between the NPL and the Maritime Union of New Zealand.{{cite book |last1=Lal |first1=Brij V. |last2=Fortune |first2=Kate |year=2000 |title=The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |page=389 |isbn=9780824822651}}