German Shell Tanker Company

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The German Shell Tanker Company ltd., Hamburg, was founded in 1958 as a subsidiary of the Dutch-British Shell Group and was until 1994.

history

With the founding of the Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft, the German subsidiary of the Dutch-British Shell group also entered the tanker business. CF Schmidt and J. Baumgarten, who were full-time board members of Deutsche Shell, were appointed as managing directors . So far, Shell tankers have been operated by Shell Petroleum Co in London and Shell Tankers BV of the Netherlands. When it was founded, the refinery business was in a state of upheaval, the refineries were relocated to the coast and were to be supplied in part with pipelines from Rotterdam and Wilhelmshaven. The actual shipping business was built up and initially represented by Arthur Binder ( shipping company Aug. Bolten ) and Hans Ruperti (shipping company JA Reinicke).

Since ship engineers with steam turbine experience were only to be found in Germany at Esso and Hapag and the construction of the German fleet required many patent holders, it was difficult for Ruperti and Binder to man the Cap ships accordingly. The ships drove from Hamburg to the Mediterranean (3-week voyage) or to the Persian Gulf (6-week voyage) and initially a large part of the crew checked out after one voyage.

At the 25th anniversary celebrated in 1983, there was a review. The C-Class had already been scrapped and the other ships were in service. With the Narcia the 100,000 tdw mark, with the Myrina the 200,000 tdw mark and with the l-class the 300,000 tdw mark was passed. In 1969 the first stewardess and in 1980 the first officer on a ship of the Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft signed on.

When the H-Class ( Hatasia , Haustrum , Haminea ) delivered in 1993/1994 got under way, the Royal Dutch / Shell Group had reorganized the Shell tanker organization. The tasks carried out by the four national Shell shipping companies (ship deployment, manning, maintenance, repair) were assigned to Shell International Shipping Ltd. (SISL) based in London. The chartering was coordinated in London beforehand.

In 1994 SISL looked after 42 Shell-owned oil tankers, 18 LNG tankers, three LPG tankers, two coal freighters and around 30 long-term chartered ships. In total, this fleet comprised around 18 million tdw, which in 1992 transported around 86 million t of oil and oil products.

The tankers of the Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft

The Panama- based Atlas Tanker Co bought five cap tankers as initial equipment from the newly established German tanker shipping company. They kept their names, but operated under the German flag with their home port of Hamburg. They were manufactured in the United States in 1949/1950 by the Quincy shipyard division of Bethlehem Steel Corp. built and delivered to Atlas Tanker.

In 1963 the Howaldtswerke Kiel AG delivered the turbine tanker Oliva with around 33,000 GRT to the Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft.

The next new building followed in 1966 with the Diala (around 40,000 GRT, around 70,000 tdw). The turbine tanker Diala was one of a series of three from Deutsche Werft , the two sister ships were delivered to Shell Tankers (UK). This class was developed by Shell in the mid-1960s under the influence of the Suez Canal, which closed in 1956 . The series was built in 15 units by various European shipyards. The designation Shell D-Class was derived from the letter "D" of the type ship Drupa from the Deutsche Werft . In May 1967 the Diloma completed the series.

The new engine tanker Narica (60,000 GRT) followed in 1967 and the turbine tanker Myrina (around 100,000 GRT) from Harland & Wolff , Belfast, and the Nacella engine tanker from Swan Hunter in 1968 . In 1971 the three-year-old motor tanker Neverita (around 60,000 GRT) was taken over by another shell subsidiary . In the years that followed, the Cap-Class were scrapped.

In 1974 and 1975 the Lagena , Liotina and Lottia turbine tankers of the L-class were delivered from the Bremer Vulkan . The Ensis , Elona of the E-class was delivered by St. John Shipbuilding to Lepton Shipping Co in Monrovia in 1979. The Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft acted as the operator of these motor tankers. However, they were sold again in 1996 and canceled in 2002 and 2005.

The Solena was built as a Worldfame in Japan by Imabari Zosen , delivered to Hyrax Shipping Co. in Panama in 1980 and sold as Solena to Solena Shipping Co. in Monrovia in 1986 . The Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft acted as operator. The ship was sold to Malvern Shipping in 1996, renamed Amber Energy and 1997 as Solena to Shell International Trading and Shipping Co. (STASCO) and went to Belner Shipping in 2000 as Nord Sea . It was canceled in Cittagong in 2005.

In 1987 the motor tanker Onoba was taken over by Lepton Shipping Co., Monrovia, Operator Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft, Hamburg by Zenit Aurora Shipping, Monrovia. It was delivered in 1977 by Götaverken Arendal, Göteborg as Messinaki Fisis for Fondountion Sea Transport, Monrovia and sold as Zenit Aurora to Zenit Aurora Shipping, Monrovia in 1983 and renamed Argo Aurora in 1986.

In 1990 the turbine tanker Lucina was taken over by the Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft from Meridian Transport. In 1976 he was delivered as Universe Frontier to Meridian Transport from Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Ind., Kure, and went to Olympic Maritim in 1977 as Aristotle S Onassis . In 1997 it was transferred to Shell International Trading and Shipping Co. (STASCO), sold as Lu San to Ocean Tankers in 2000 and converted into the Floating Production Storage and Offloading Unit (FPSO) for the FPSO Frade in 2006 and is now in operation.

The H-class motor tankers ( Hatasia , Haustrum , Haminea ) delivered to the Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft in 1993/1994 by Halla Engineering & Heavy Industries , Inchon, South Korea, are still in service. They were sold to Pacific Tanker Singapore in 2007 and renamed.

Overview

German Shell Tanker Company
Building name Shipyard / construction number number delivery Later names and whereabouts drive
Shell C class Bethlehem Steel ,
1613-1617		 5 Jan. – Sept. 1950 to Atlas Tanker Capsa , Caprella , Capulus , Caprinus ; 1959 to Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft (DSTG), Hamburg; Scrapped 1975–1978 Turbines
Oliva Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel 1 1963 June 1963 to Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft (DSTG), Hamburg; Jan. 7, 1983 to Eckhardt & Co, Hamburg, January 11, 1983 to Karachi for demolition Turbines
Diala Deutsche Werft AG 1 1966 September 23, 1966 to Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft (DSTG), Hamburg; after passing Stations, outbreak of fire, trailer, conversion, on May 25, 1992 in Nantong (China) for demolition Turbines
Narica Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend 1 1967 September 8, 1967 to Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft (DSTG), Hamburg; on December 28, 1993 to Chittagong for demolition Engines
Myrina Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1 1968 April 24, 1968 to Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft (DSTG), Hamburg; on August 17, 1981 to Inchon for demolition Turbines
Nacella Swan Hunter, Wallsend 1 1968 1968 to Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft (DSTG), Hamburg; 1993 for demolition in Chittagong Engines
Neverita Nederlandse Dok & Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam (Holland) 1 1968 1968 to Curaosche Scheepvaart Maats. NV, Willemstad 1971 to Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft (DSTG), Hamburg; 1994 for demolition in Chittagong Engines
Shell L class Bremen volcano 3 1974, 1975 Lagena , Liotina , Lottia ; 1974 and 1975 to Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft (DSTG), Hamburg; 1984 and 1997 for demolition Turbines
E class St. John Shipbuilding 2 1979 Ensis , Elona ; January 1979 to Lepton Shipping Co, Monrovia, Operator Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft, both sold in 1996; 2002 and 2005 for demolition Engines
Solena Imabari Zosen, Japan 1 1980 1980 as Worldfame to Hyrax Shipping Co., Panama; 1986 as Solena to Solena Shipping Co., Monrovia, operator Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft, 1996 sold as Amber Energy to Malvern Shipping, 1997 as Solena to STASCO; 2000 as Nord Sea to Belner Shipping, 2005 in Cittagong for demolition engine
Onoba Götaverken Arendal, Gothenburg 1 1977 April 1977 as Messinaki Fisis at FST, Monrovia; 1983 as Zenit Aurora at Zenit Aurora Shipping, Monrovia; Renamed Argo Aurora in 1986; 1987 as Onoba at Lepton Shipping Co., Monrovia, operator Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft, Hamburg; 1991 as Alandia Bay to Bracknell Shipping, Nassau (Bahamas); 2000 as Andi Bay to Evonshire Shipping; 2001 as LMZ Vasiliki to Birveta Cyprus; Sold for demolition in 2003 Engines
Lucina Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Ind., Kure 1 1976 1976 as Universe Frontier at Meridian Transport; 1977 as Aristotle S Onassis at Olympic Maritim; 1990 as Lucina at Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft, Hamburg; 1997 to Shell International Trading and Shipping Co. (STASCO); 2000 as Lu San on Ocean Tankers; 2006 rebuilt for FPSO Frade and in operation Turbines
H class Halla Engineering & Heavy Industries Inchon South Korea 3 1993/1994 Hatasia, Haustrum, Haminea 1993/1994 to Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft, Hamburg; Renamed in 2007 and sold to Pacific Tanker Singapore; Renamed and sold in 2012, in motion Engines

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b German shipping companies , Volume 10, 1999 Gerd Uwe Detlefsen publisher, page 110.
  2. ^ German shipping companies, Volume 10, 1999 Verlag Gerd Uwe Detlefsen, page 120
  3. ↑ Capsa , HelderLine.
  4. ↑ Oliva , HelderLine.
  5. ↑ Diala , HelderLine.
  6. ↑ Narica , HelderLine.
  7. ↑ Myrina , HelderLine.
  8. ↑ Nacella , HelderLine.
  9. ↑ Neverita , Helder Line.
  10. ↑ Tankers managed by Deutsche Shell Tanker GmbH ( Memento from July 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) , HelderLine.
  11. ↑ Elona , HelderLine.
  12. ↑ Solena , HelderLine.
  13. ↑ Onoba , HelderLine.
  14. ↑ Lucina , HelderLine.

literature

  • German shipping companies, 1999; Bad Segeberg, publisher Gert Uwe Detlefsen