The State Line ran a service between Glasgow and Liverpool to New Oreleans in 1872. A New York service was started in April, 1873. The first general agent in Norway was M. R. Raffel. The 1873 authorization was to convey emigrants by the State Line steamship to New York and New Orleans. In 1874 J. Krantz was appointed general agent, and was authorized to convey emigrants via Hull and Glasgow to New York and New Orleans, and from there to the final destination in America.

On May 30th, 1891 the authorization for the State Line (then held by M. R. Raffel) was withdrawn, after the company had encountered financial difficulty and was purchased by the Allan Line. The ships and service were from then operated under the name of Allan & State Line.

Fleet list:  Type Name of ship   Year Built    Construction Shipyard    Tonnage (burthen)      S/S Louisiana          S/S Micado 1873  Aitken & Mansel  3,034 gross    S/S Pennsylvania 1873  London & Glasgow Co. Ltd.  2,472 gross    S/S Pomeranian          S/S State of Alabama 1873  Thomas Wingate & Co.  2,313 gross    S/S State of Florida 1874  London & Glasgow Co. Ltd.  3,138 gross    S/S State of Georgia 1873  London & Glasgow Co. Ltd.  2,490 gross    S/S State of Indiana 1874  Thomas Wingate & Co.  2,528 gross    S/S State of Louisiana 1872  Thomas Wingate & Co.  1,869 gross    S/S State of Nebraska 1880  London & Glasgow Co. Ltd.  3,986 gross    S/S State of Nevada 1874  London & Glasgow Co. Ltd.  2,488 gross    S/S State of Pennsylvania 1873  London & Glasgow Co. Ltd.  2,472 gross    S/S State of Virginia 1873  London & Glasgow Co. Ltd.  2,473 gross

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Some companies may have had additional ships in their fleets to those mentioned above. They might not have been included if the ships were not engaged in the conveyance of emigrants. Some ships mentioned in the fleet lists may have been chartered from other companies, see the ship's description and history for more details.