Eimskip
| Eimskip | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Einkahlutafélag |
| founding | 1914 |
| Seat | Reykjavík |
| Branch | shipping |
| Website | eimskip.is |
Eimskip Ehf. Is the oldest and largest Icelandic shipping company . With a fleet of ships for the transport of containers and refrigerated cargo, it operates liner services to Europe, Scandinavia, Canada and the United States. Further business areas are the construction and manning of ships, land transport, stevedoring and storage.
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The shipping company Eimskipafélag Íslands (German: Isländische Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft) was founded in January 1914. In 1915, the company took over its first two ships. The young shipping company suffered its first loss of ship the following year when the Goðafoss ran aground . In the years of the First World War, Eimskip ceased its liner services between Iceland and Europe as far as possible and instead drove to North America. In 1926, the Brúarfoss, the first reefer ship, was put into service. After the outbreak of World War II, the shipping company replaced its liner services to Europe with those to America. The Eimskip ships Goðafoss and Dettifoss were lost in the war in 1944 and 1945, as were four chartered units.
In the post-war period, the interrupted services in Europe continued and in 1950 the first passenger ship, the Gullfoss, was taken over. The following decades were characterized by a steady expansion of the services, the opening of new branches and the expansion of the onshore facilities. From 1969 Eimskip began exporting aluminum from the Straumsvík aluminum plant to Great Britain. The following year, the company opened a travel agency and began converting its administration to electronic data processing.
In the 1990s, Eimskip expanded the refrigerated cargo area, took over the stevedoring company Tollvörugeymslan and merged the company with the transport company Jes Zimsen to form TVG-Zimsen. In 2003, Eimskip moved its administration, which was built in the old town of Reykjavík in the 1920s, to a new building in Sundahöfn. In the 2000s, Eimskip continued its expansion with the opening of further branches all the way to China and took over the Norwegian shipping company CTG Shipping and the Faroese shipping company Faroe Ship before it was in turn taken over by the Avion Group in 2005. In 2006, Eimskip initially took over the Lithuanian shipping company Kursiu Linija and 65% of the Finnish shipping company Containerships . In addition, further refrigerated cargo businesses were acquired in Europe and the USA in 2006 and 2007. A restructuring of the company began in 2008, in the course of which numerous business areas that were not directly related to the transport business were sold - as well as the majority stake in Containerships. After the restructuring was completed, Eimskip was taken over by foreign investors The Yucaipa Companies and Landsbanki in 2009 .
Today the shipping group is organized under the umbrella company Hf. Eimskipafélag Íslands and has the following subsidiaries:
- Eimskip Norway , formerly Eimskip-CTG , was incorporated in Norway in 2005 and mainly operates refrigerated shipping.
- Faroe Ship , formerly Skipafelagið Føroyar , on the Faroe Islands was incorporated in 2004 and operates the Faroe Islands services.
- Eimskip Flytjandi handles land transport and postal services in Iceland.
- TVG-Zimsen was incorporated in 1996 and operates logistics services.
- Herjólfur ferry service between Landeyjahöfn and the Westman Islands . (until the end of March 2019)
Fleet (selection)
| Eimskip ships | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building name | Ship type | Shipyard / construction number |
IMO number | delivery | Client | Renaming and whereabouts |
| Gullfoss | General cargo steamer | Kjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft , Copenhagen / | no | 1915 |
Sveinn Björnsson Eimskip, Reykjavík |
Taken over by Germany in Copenhagen in 1940, sold to the shipping company Skipafélag Foroyja by the shipping company in 1945, Tjaldur , 1953 Gamla Tjaldur , scrapped by W. Ritscher in Hamburg from October 6, 1953. |
| Goðafoss | General cargo steamer | Kjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft, Copenhagen / 125 | no | 1915 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | Stranded near Straumnes on November 3, 1916 on a trip from Reykjavík to Leeds , total loss. |
| profit | General cargo steamer | Nylands mekaniske verksted , Kristiania / 146 | no | June 4, 1904 | Dampskibsselskab Profit (Hans Kiær & Co.), Drammen | 1917 as Lagarfoss to S. Björnsson / Eimskip, 13 April 1949 arrived in Copenhagen for demolition. |
| Goðafoss | General cargo steamer | Frederikshavns Værft & Flydedok , Frederikshavn / | no | July 1921 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | On November 10, 1944 by U-300 off Garðskagi at position 66 ° 08'N; 022 ° 45'W torpedoed, sunk, 25 fatalities and 19 survivors. |
| Brúarfoss | General cargo steamer | Kjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft, Copenhagen / 181 | 5292397 | March 12, 1927 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | Chartered to the Ministry of War Transport from January 26, 1944 to March 6, 1946 (management by Chr.Salvesen & Co.), sold in 1957 Freezer Queen , launched in Buenos Aires from October 1958, 1960 Reina del Frio , from November 20 Launched in Rosario in 1960, superstructure damaged by fire on December 17, 1962, demolished in the early 1970s, deleted from the register in 1986. |
| Villemoes | General cargo steamer | Porsgrunds Mekaniske Verksted , Porsgrund / | no | 1914 | Dampskibsselskab Jyden (J. Villemoes), Esbjerg | 1928 as Selfoss to Eimskip, scrapped in Belgium in 1956. |
| Dettifoss | General cargo steamer | Frederikshavns Værft & Flydedok, Frederikshavn / 190 | no | 17th September 1930 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | On February 21, 1945 by U-1064 in the Irish Sea at position 55 ° 03'N; 005 ° 29'W torpedoed, sunk. |
| Merwede | General cargo steamer | Haarlemsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij , Haarlem / | 5263346 | 1919 | PA van Es & Co., Rotterdam | Sold during construction to Hollandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij , Amsterdam and launched as Amstelstroom , 1941 as Fjallfoss zu Eimskip, 1951 Sidera , 1957 Ommalgora , 1968 Star of Taif , stranded in 1971, wreck sunk in 1978. |
| Manchioneal | General cargo steamer | Burmeister & Wain's Maskin- og Skibsbyggeri , Copenhagen / | no | February 1911 | O. & A. Irgens, Bergen | 1934 Katla , 1945 as Reykjafoss zu Eimskip, 1949 Nazar , 1955 Cerrahzade , from September 1967 scrapped by Avram Kohen ve Ortaklari, Hasköy in Istanbul. |
| Coastal Courser | Reefer ship | Consolidated Steel Corporation , Orange / | 5369085 | 1945 | United States Maritime Commission | 1948 as Tröllafoss zu Eimskip, sold in 1964 Seoul , driven off at anchor off Inchon on August 29, 1973 and stranded, total loss. |
| Dettifoss | General cargo ship | Burmeister & Wain's Maskin- og Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen / 690 | 5089245 | 1949 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | In 1969 Don Sulpicio sold , in 1976 Don Carlos Gothong , capsized in the port of Cebu on October 12, 1978, total loss. |
| Lagarfoss | General cargo ship | Burmeister & Wain's Maskin- og Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen / 693 | 5202043 | May 1949 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | East Cape sold in 1977, Hoe Aik in 1980 , deleted from register in 2002. |
| Gullfoss | Combined ship | Burmeister & Wain's Maskin- og Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen / 702 | 5138046 | May 1950 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | 1973 sold Mecca , caught fire on December 18, 1977 on a trip from Jeddah to Port Sudan and on December 20 at position 21 ° 18'N; 039 ° 06'E down. |
| Gemito | General cargo ship | Franco Tosi , Taranto / - | 5293652 | 1947 | Achille Lauro, Naples | 1951 to Eimskip Reykjafoss , 1965 sold Greta , 1969 Annoula , 1973 Anna , arrived in December 1980 for demolition at Mustan Taler Bhai in Bombay, scrapped there from May 1981. |
| Goðafoss | General cargo ship | Burmeister & Wain's Masking og Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen / 689 | 5132690 | 1948 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | 1968 sold Arimathian , 1970 Krios , capsized on January 24, 1971, total loss. |
| Tungufoss | General cargo ship | Burmeister & Wain's Maskin- og Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen / 717 | 5370797 | 1953 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | 1974 sold Al Medina , which ran aground on June 3, 1976, total loss. |
| Fjallfoss | General cargo ship | Burmeister & Wain's Maskin- og Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen / - | 5115795 | 1954 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | 1977 sold Casciotis , 1981 Psathi , 1989 Vefa , 1990 Sea Friends , 1994 God's Grace , 2001 removed from the Register. |
| Selfoss | General cargo ship | Ålborg Værft , Aalborg / - | 5319705 | 1958 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | Elfo sold in 1982 , whereabouts unknown |
| Brúarfoss | General cargo ship | Ålborg Værft, Aalborg / - | 5053973 | 1960 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | Sold in 1984, Horizon , 1986 Willem Reefer , 1986 Triton Trader , 1988 Global Trader , abandoned on December 15, 1987 on a trip from New London to Ashdod with a slipped cargo 300 nautical miles off Halifax, brought to Shelburne on December 24 with a 30 ° list , 1988 Global Trader , towed to Sydney in 1989, arrived in Alang on August 18, 1990 for demolition. |
| Ketty Danielsen | General cargo ship | Ferus Smit , Foxhol / 127 | 5218858 | 1959 | Rederiet Otto Danielsen, Hellerup | 1963 to Eimskip Mánafoss , 1969 sold Spartan , 1974 Sky Faith , on April 13, 1980 on a journey from Sagunto to Antwerp with steel rollers at position 43.40 ° N; 007.21 ° W decreased. |
| Mille Heering | General cargo ship | Århus Flydedok & Maskinkompagni , Aarhus / 104 | 5410365 | 3rd October 1958 | Cherry Heering Line, Copenhagen | 1963 as Bakkafoss to Eimskip, sold in 1974 Five Flowers , from April 30, 1984 scrapped at Khalil & Sons in Chittagong. |
| Skogafoss | General cargo ship | Ålborg Værft, Aalborg / - | 6509149 | 1965 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | 1980 sold Lefkas , 1987 St. Nicholas , 1988 Danube , 1989 MERCS Kumana ,? |
| Reykjafoss | General cargo ship | Ålborg Værft, Aalborg / - | 6516520 | 1965 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | 1980 sold Gavilan , 1988 Agapi , 1989 Neo Fos , 1991 MERCS Komari ,? |
| Steendiek | General cargo ship | August Pahl shipyard , Hamburg / 314 | 5427502 | November 1957 | Rudolf Pahl (Johs. Thode), Hamburg | 1963 Hvitanes , 1964 Vatnajökull , 1969 as Laxfoss to Eimskip, sold in 1976 Sunlink , 1977 Aetos , 1981 Sadaroza , 1985 Faisal I , on December 19, 1986 before Muhammad Bin Qasim in Brnad and from March 1, 1987 by Al-Hamza Shipbreaking Company scrapped in Gadani Beach. |
| echo | Reefer ship | Scheepswerf 'De Hoop', Lobith / 242 | 5096602 | 1961 | Maatschappij Vriesvaart (Hudig & Veder), Rotterdam | 1969 as Ljósafoss zu Eimskip, sold in 1972 Pêcheur Breton , on July 1, 1994 on the way to demolition in India near Galbokka at position 06 ° 51'N; 079 ° 48'E dropped. |
| Goðafoss | General cargo ship | Ålborg Værft, Aalborg / - | 7012612 | 1970 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | 1989 sold Atlantic Frost , 1991 Sea Reefer , stranded on August 22, 1992 after breaking the anchor chain in bad weather off Peterhead (position: 57 ° 30'N; 001 ° 46'W), later scrapped in situ. |
| Dettifoss | General cargo ship | Ålborg Værft, Aalborg / - | 7028532 | 1970 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | In 1989, Nan sold Xi Jiang , deleted from the register on February 27, 2012. |
| Mánafoss | General cargo ship | Ålborg Værft, Aalborg / - | 7053501 | 1971 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | 1986 sold Ile de Lumiere II , 1987 Alberuni , 1988 Hong Hwa , 1995 Myo Hyang 5 , 1995 Bison , 2000 Green , 2001 Jat Na Mu , 2004 Ryong Am Po , total loss. |
| Veritas | General cargo ship | Kramer & Booy, Koostertille / - | 6703484 | February 1967 | Partner shipping company Veritas (Hans Trüper), Bremen | 1972 sold as Múlafoss zu Eimskip, 1984 sold Appolonia XI , 1984 Maria T. , 1988 Tania P. , 1989 Nefeli , sank 16 nautical miles off Preveza on January 6, 1993. |
| Securitas | General cargo ship | Scheepswerf Friesland, Lemmer / - | 6711429 | 1967 | Partner shipping company MS Securitas (Hans Trüper), Brake | 1972 as Írafoss to Eimskip, sold in 1985 Olimbos , 1987 Olimpos , 1988 Thanassakis , 1989 Thanus , 1993 Sejati Pratama ,? |
| Brúarfoss | Container Ship | Stocznia Szczecińska Nowa / - | 9117193 | 1996 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | Sold 2000, Melbridge Bilbao , 2003 MB Canada , 2004 Aliança Patagonia , 2006 Irène , 2012 Florentia , 2013 Inle Star , Lea , 2017 demolition in Alang |
| Grete Sif | Container Ship | Ørskov Christensens Staalskibsværft , Frederikshavn / 184 | 8914568 | February 28, 1992 | Knud I. Larsen / KIL Shipping, Copenhagen | 1991 Maersk Forto , started in 1992 as Maersk Euro Quarto , in 2001 as Brúarfoss for Eimskip, Span Asia 31 (2017) → so in motion. |
| Helene Sif | Container Ship | Ørskov Christensens Staalskibsværft, Frederikshavn / - | 9086801 | 1997 | Knud I. Larsen / KIL Shipping, Copenhagen | 1995 TRSL Tenacious , 1997 Maersk Durban , 1997 Maersk Santiago , 2000 as Dettifoss to Eimskip, Laxfoss (2019), 2020 demolition in Alang. |
| Lone Sif | Container Ship | Ørskov Christensens Staalskibsværft, Frederikshavn / 153 | 9086796 | 1995 | Knud I. Larsen / KIL Shipping, Copenhagen | 1995 TRSL Concord , 1997 Maersk Quito , 2000 as Goðafoss to Eimskip, 2020 demolition in Alang. |
| Herjólfur | RoPax ship | Sigbjørn Iversen Skipsbyggeri, Flekkefjord / 77 | 9036088 | 1992 | Herjolfur H / f, Vestmannaeyjar | 2005 to Eimskip, so on the move. |
| Holmfoss | Pallet reefer ship | Kherson Shipyard , Kherson / 51 & My Klebust Verft, Gursken / 50 | 9359662 | 2007 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | So on the move. |
| Lagarfoss | Container Ship | Rongsheng Shenfei Shipbuilding / SF311 | 9641314 | 2014 | Eimskip, Reykjavík | So on the move. |
| Ice crystal | Reefer ship | Århus Flydedok og Maskinbyggeri, Aarhus / 194 | 8915536 | 1991 | Cooperating Reefers, Copenhagen | 1992 San Carlos Crystal , 1993 Ice Crystal , 2014 as Langfoss to Eimskip, so in motion. |
| Futura | Coaster | Bijlsma & Zonen, Wartena / 674 | 9133537 | December 14, 1995 | Pot Scheepvaart, Delfzijl | 1996 Sea Maas , 1999 Futura , 2005 Sea Maas , 2005 Stroombank , 2005 as Laxfoss for Eimskip, so in motion. |
| Polfoss | Pallet reefer ship | Kherson Shipyard, Kherson / 44 & My Klebust Verft, Gursken / 51 | 9393917 | April 30, 2008 | Pol Line / Eimskip, Reykjavík | So on the move. |
| Westersingel | Container Ship | Cassens shipyard , Emden / - | 9202077 | 1999 | Shipping company Hermann Buss, Leer | 2000 X-Press Italia , 2001 Westersingel , 2003 MSC Bosphorus , 2004 Western , 2005 Westersingel , 2005 as Reykjafoss in Eimskip charter, so on. |
| Hanne Sif | Container Ship | Ørskov Christensens Staalskibsværft, Frederikshavn / - | 8914556 | 1991 | Knud I. Larsen / KIL Shipping, Copenhagen | On the move as Maersk Euro Tertio , 1994 Hanne Sif , 1995 Vento Di Ponente , 1996 Elisabeth Delmas , 1996 Hanne Sif , 1999 as Selfoss for Eimskip, so on the move. |
| Ice Bird | Container Ship | Sainty Yangzhou Shipbuilding, Yangzhou / - | 9375252 | 2007 | Bockstiegel shipping company, Emden | as Skogafoss in Eimskip charter, so in motion. |
| Ice Star | Reefer ship | Århus Flydedok og Maskinbyggeri, Aarhus / 196 | 8911504 | 1990 | Cooperating Reefers, Copenhagen | 2014 as Stigfoss at Eimskip, so on the move . |
| Kristian With | Pallet reefer ship | Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej, Gdynia & Vaagland Båtbyggeri, Vågland / 136 | 9323089 | November 11, 2005 | Eimskip-CTG, Sortland | 2005 as Svartfoss to Eimskip, so in motion. |
| Ice clipper | Reefer ship | Århus Flydedok og Maskinbyggeri, Aarhus / 193 | 8915524 | 1990 | Cooperating Reefers, Copenhagen | 1992 San Carlos Pride , 1993 Ice Bird , 2014 as Vidfoss to Eimskip, so in motion. |
| Lloyd's Register, heimsnet.is | ||||||
Web links
Commons : Eimskip - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website of the shipping company (Icelandic)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herjólfur ofh. tekur við rekstri Herjólfs. In: eyjafrettir.is. March 29, 2019, Retrieved May 9, 2019 (Icelandic).
- ^ Lloyd's Register of Shipping, London, various years
- ↑ List by Hilmar Snorrason at heimsnet.is (English)