Imperial Shipping Group
| Imperial Shipping Holding GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Company with limited liability |
| founding | around 1800 |
| Seat | Duisburg , Germany |
| management | Steffen Bauer, Jens Kleiner |
| Number of employees | 1,100 |
| sales | 600 million euros |
| Branch | logistics |
| Website | www.imperial-shipping.com |
The Imperial Shipping Holding GmbH is a logistics services company headquartered in Duisburg .
history
The company was founded around 1800 in Ruhrort and initially dealt with coal transports between the Ruhr and the Netherlands and southern Germany.
In 1972 the independent company Haniel Reederei GmbH was founded. 1990–1999 various companies involved in pushing , tanker and chartering were acquired. In 2000/2003 the shipping group was taken over by the Imperial Logistics International group in Duisburg, which in turn belongs to the South African service group Imperial Holdings Limited in Edenvale . On June 1, 2003, the company was renamed the Imperial Reederei Group. On March 8, 2012, the name was changed to Imperial Shipping Holding.
Subsidiaries
- Amadeus Schiffahrts- und Speditions GmbH (Duisburg, Germany)
- BeKa Imperial GmbH (Kehl, Germany)
- Buss Imperial Logistics GmbH & Co. KG (Duisburg, Germany)
- De Grave GmbH (Duisburg, Mannheim, Germany)
- De Grave- Antverpia NV (Antwerp, Liège, Tournai, Belgium)
- Imperial Baris GmbH (Berlin, Duisburg, Dresden, Hamburg, Germany)
- Imperial Gas Barging, branch of IMPERIAL Liquids Barging GmbH (Hamburg, Germany)
- Imperial Liquids Barging GmbH (Duisburg, Germany)
- Imperial Shipping GmbH (Wasserbillig, Luxembourg)
- Imperial Shipping Paraguay SA (Asunción, Paraguay)
- Imperial Shipping Rotterdam BV (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
- Imperial Shipping Services GmbH (Duisburg. Germany)
- Imperial Trans Lux S.à rl (Wasserbillig, Luxembourg)
- Lehnkering Shipping Lux SA (Wasserbillig, Luxembourg)
- Multinaut Donaulogistik GmbH (Duisburg, Regensburg, Würzburg, Germany; Vienna, Austria)
- Navitank NV (Antwerp, Belgium)
- NVG Niedersächsische Verfrachtungsgesellschaft mbH (Hanover, Germany)
- Provaart Logistics BV (Dordrecht, Netherlands)
- Rijnaarde Global Trading & Logistics BV (Beuningen, Netherlands)
- Rubiships Ltd. (Rousse, Bulgaria; Vienna, Austria)
- Transest Lux S.à rl (Schengen, Luxembourg)
- Transest SAS (Corbeny, Ottmarsheim, France)
- Walrhein Strom- und Kanalschiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH (Duisburg, Germany)
- WIJGULA Wijnhoff & Van Gulpen & Larsen BV (Druten, Netherlands)
Company data
The Imperial Shipping Group transports around 60 million tons of dry and liquid bulk and general cargo every year. The fleet consists of around 200 of its own and around 500 particulate ships with a capacity of approximately 1.3 million tons. The company, based in Duisburg, has a turnover of 600 million euros and employs 1,100 people at various locations.
Transport goods
- Affreightment: U. a. Iron, metal, steel, heavy goods, minerals, wood products, building materials, aluminum, animal feed, fertilizers
- Dry shipping: U. a. Iron, coal, aluminum oxide, bulk materials
- Tanker shipping: U. a. Acids, alkalis, calcium carbonates, organic products, mineral oil products, other chemicals
- Coaster shipping: i.a. Wood, coal, steel, aluminum
- Gas tanker shipping: U. a. Propylene, Raffinate I and II, Crude C4, propane, butane