Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Commercial organisation British shipping company which began running to Australia in the 1850s. The forerunner of the P&O Company. Name Alternate Orient Line {"name":"Alternate","target":"","target_text":"Orient Line","date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} Alternate P&O {"name":"Alternate","target":"","target_text":"P&O","date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} Type Commercial organisation {"name":"Commercial organisation","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} image