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{{Infobox company
| name = Pacific Far East Line, Inc.
| logo = 
| image = Pier 33.jpg
| type = [[Public]]
| traded_as = {{New York Stock Exchange|MATX}}<br />[[Dow Jones Transportation Average|DJTA Component]]<br/>[[S&P 600|S&P 600 Component]]
| founded = {{start date|1946|07|19}}
| location = [[Honolulu, Hawaii]], USA
| key_people = [[John Alioto]] {{small|(President, 1974–78)}}
| area_served = [[United States]]
| industry = [[Shipping company|Shipping]], [[Navigation]]
| products = 
| revenue = 
| operating_income = 
| net_income = 
| num_employees = ~2,000 (2017)
| parent = 
| subsid = 
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.matson.com}}
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'''Pacific Far East Line, Inc.''' (PFEL) was a U.S. owned and operated transportation services company founded in 1946 which declared bankruptcy and ceased operations in 1978. PFEL was one of the primary adopters of [[lighter aboard ship]] cargo handling. 

==History==
The Pacific Far East Line, Inc. was organized in 1946 with William T. Sexton as president and Kenneth Dawson as chairman of the board. Both Sexton and Dawson had previously held executive positions for [[United States Lines]]. Their first announced voyage would be departing San Francisco on September 14 for Japan, China, and the Philippines using the {{ship|SS|Luxembourg Victory}}, followed by {{ship|SS|Iran Victory}} on the same general route.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SPNP19460831.2.19 |title=New Orient Line to Start Service |agency=AP |date=August 31, 1946 |newspaper=San Pedro News Pilot |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>

John Alioto, the son of [[San Francisco]] [[Mayor of San Francisco|Mayor]] [[Joseph Alioto]], bought a controlling interest in PFEL in 1974. Mayor Alioto guaranteed part of the loans that John Alioto had taken out, leading to conflict-of-interest allegations, since Mayor Alioto had authority over the [[Port of San Francisco]], which was leasing space to PFEL.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13501170/alioto/ |title=Conflict Suit May Topple Alioto |agency=AP |date=October 2, 1974 |newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>

==Operations==

=== Passenger Ships ===
{{multiple image |align=right |direction=vertical 
|image1=Chinese passenger ship JINJIANG.JPEG
|caption1=''Mariposa'' in 1989 (as ''Jinjiang'')
|image2=MSC Montery.jpg
|caption2=''Monterey'' in 1998 (for [[MSC Cruises]])}}
PFEL operated the passenger ship ''Leilani'' (ex-{{ship|USS|General W. P. Richardson|AP-118|6}}) in the 1950s for its owner Hawaiian-Textron. Textron had assumed ownership after the Hawaiian Steamship Company went bankrupt. ''Leilani'' competed with the long-standing [[Matson Lines]] [[Tourism in Hawaii#Marine service|marine service to Hawaii]].

Eventually, PFEL took over passenger service in the Pacific from Matson, purchasing {{ship|SS|Mariposa|1952|2}} and {{ship|SS|Monterey|1952|2}}{{efn|name=exMariner|The ''Mariposa'' (IMO: {{IMO Number|5225370|disp=no}}) and ''Monterey'' (IMO: {{IMO Number|5240904|disp=no}}) sold to PFEL in 1971 both were converted from [[Type C4-class ship#Mariner-class ships|C4 Mariner-class cargo ships]] in the 1950s and should not be confused with the older "White Fleet" passenger ships {{ship|SS|Mariposa|1931|2}} and {{ship|SS|Monterey||2}}. The "White Fleet" was a class of four passenger ships designed by [[William Francis Gibbs]] for Matson and built in the 1930s. The converted ships were smaller and had a single funnel, while the older "White Fleet" ships had dual funnels.}} in 1970.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10411131/honolulu-star-bulletin/ |title=Says Monterey's Skipper: 'Everyone Was a Little Stunned' |author=Lund, Kay |date=August 15, 1970 |newspaper=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> PFEL legally took over both ships on January 20, 1971; physically, ''Monterey'' was handed over on January 21, and ''Mariposa'' followed on February 15.

In 1977, the operating subsidies for the two liners expired,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13501121/pacific-far-east-line-ends/ |title=Last oceangoing U.S. passenger ships soon may sail on their final voyages |author=Swem, Gregg |date=August 28, 1977 |newspaper=The Courier-Journal |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>

==Gallery==

==See also==
*[[Matson Lines]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

===Further reading===

==External links==
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