C. Woermann
| C. Woermann | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1837 |
| Seat |
Hamburg , Germany
|
| management | Axel Kuppe, Rasmus Woermann |
| Branch | Trade , advice |
| Website | c-woermann.de |
C. Woermann , today C. Woermann GmbH & Co. KG , is a shipping company and trading company founded by Carl Woermann in Hamburg in 1837 . Since then, the company has been involved in trading with many West African states .
In the early years, the company specialized primarily in the export of linen and pottery to the West Indies . For this purpose were chartered vessels for operation. Ten years after it was founded, the Eleonore was purchased as its first own ship. In 1849 Therese Henriette was first sailed to Liberia on her own ship . In the 1860s, numerous branches were founded in West Africa, including Gabon . In 1874 Adolph Woermann , who later became the world's largest shipowner with the Woermann Line , joined the company as a shareholder.
The first steamship , the Aline Woermann , was commissioned in 1880 and a liner service to West Africa was established a little later . With the establishment of the African Steamship Actiengesellschaft, Woermann-Linie , the shipping business of C. Woermann was spun off in 1885. With the help of the new partner Eduard Woermann , the German East Africa Line was founded in 1890 . At the turn of the century, construction began on the Africa House in Hamburg, which is still the company's headquarters today.
In 1912 Kurt Woermann became a shareholder in the company. During the First World War , C. Woermann lost almost all of its assets and in 1814 parted with the Woermann and East Africa lines. Six years later, the company started trading again. For this purpose, the business for southern and eastern Africa was separated from C. Woermann, now called Woermann & Brock . From then on, numerous branches were re-established in West Africa.
During the Second World War , C. Woermann again lost a large part of his fortune. Heinrich Woermann joined the company in 1951 . He advocated exclusive trade with Ghana and Nigeria , and from 2005 with Angola . By the mid-1960s, the company had completed its transformation into a technical service provider. In 1964, Volker Kuppe was the first external partner to join the company. In 2003 he passed on his shares to Axel Kuppe . At the end of the 1970s, Detlev Woermann became co-owner of C. Woermann. In 2011 Rasmus Woermann became a partner of Kuppe.
The owners of the company are critical of their own family and company history during the colonial era .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Statement on the story. C. Woermann. Retrieved July 23, 2020.