Cosmos bulk shipping

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The "Cosmos" Bulkschiffahrt GmbH in Bremen was one of the late 1970s, shortly Germany's largest bulk - shipping companies .

history

The company emerged from a cooperation between Unterweser Reederei (URAG) and Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) in the field of trampoline shipping that began in 1970 . For this purpose, both shipping companies first re-established the Roland-Linie and took over two construction contracts for bulk carriers from a Norwegian shipping company at the Copenhagen shipyard Burmeister & Wain . URAG and NDL each took over a new building and had both ships managed by the newly founded Roland-Linie.

After the NDL merged with the Hamburg-America Line in 1970 to form the new shipping company Hapag-Lloyd , the latter pursued a strategy of diversification in the early 1970s. Among other things, a joint subsidiary was founded with URAG in 1973 to operate URAG bulk carriers, the Unterweser Freight Shipping Company . Just two years later, Hapag-Lloyd took over all of the shipping company's ships and renamed the company to “Kosmos” Bulkschiffahrt in 1976 after the German steamship company Kosmos , which was incorporated into HAPAG in 1926 . At this point in time, the shipping company was operating six bulk carriers and five tankers and quickly invested another 400 million D-Marks in the expansion. One of the two European tanker construction contracts placed with AG “Weser” in 1973 was converted into an order for the construction of six multi-purpose freighters of the Seebeck 36L type due to the oil crisis . In September 1976 the "Kosmos" set off with the 393,000-ton tanker Bonn , which was for a short time the largest merchant ship under the German flag. In addition, in 1976 Hapag-Lloyd took over two sister ships of Bonn from the struggling Greek shipowner Minos Colocotronis and gave them to "Kosmos" bulk shipping as Berlin and Bremen to manage. In 1977 the company had a fleet of around 1.7 million tons of deadweight, which by the end of the 1970s had grown to around 20 cargo ships with over 1.9 million tons of deadweight. Due to the difficult market situation in these years, the "Kosmos" consistently made losses. For 1982 alone, Hapag-Lloyd set aside around 96 million D-Marks for the bulk shipping company's balance sheet minus and decided to liquidate the shipping company. All ships were sold, only the tanker Bonn had to be temporarily laid up in Brunei because it could not be sold at a profit (it was ultimately only sold in 1984 for 15 million Deutschmarks). On September 30, 1983, the "Kosmos" ceased operations and on September 11, 1992 the company was finally deleted from the commercial register.

Since the Unterweser Reederei was owned by Frankfurter Metallgesellschaft in the 1960s , all URAG bulk carriers were given names from suburbs of Frankfurt - this naming was also later retained for the six new 36L-type “Kosmos” ships. The tankers carried city names that began with the letter "B".

The ships (selection)

The ships of the "Kosmos" bulk shipping
Building name Construction type / type Delivery / year of construction Shipyard /
construction number		 IMO number Client Renaming and whereabouts
Eschersheim Bulk carrier September 30, 1965 North Sea Works /
374		 6516972 URAG 1968 extended by 21.85 meters at Wilton-Fijenoord in Schiedam, 1979 Orient Venture , arrived at Hoei Tai Steel & Iron Company in Kaohsiung on April 9, 1984 for demolition and scrapped from April 22nd
Bornheim Bulk carrier June 2, 1966 North Sea Works /
380		 6608725 URAG 1968 extended by 21.85 meters near Wilton-Fijenoord in Schiedam, 1982 Walter Leonhardt , on February 17, 1990 on the journey from Tampa to Antwerp, outer skin damage with water ingress, about 700 nautical miles east of Bermuda at position 34.17 ° N; 47.11 ° W down
Mountainous Crude oil tanker February 13, 1966 Hitachi, Innoshima /
4006		 6606210 SA Snefonn, SA Bergehus and Sig. Bergesen Dy & Co., Stavanger 1972 Crusader Colocotronis , 1976 to Kosmos als Bern , arrived on January 19, 1983 in Gadani Beach for demolition, scrapped from February 15, 1983 at Abbas Steel Industries in Bhatiary
Bergehaven Crude oil tanker August 28, 1966 Hitachi, Sakai /
4007		 6615039 SA Snefonn, SA Bergehus and Sig. Bergesen Dy & Co., Stavanger 1971 Commander Colocotronis , 1976 to Kosmos as Bilbao , engine room explosion with three deaths on March 4, 1977 in Rotterdam, from November 14, 1981 as a tank storage vessel off Aruba, arrived at Abbas Steel Industries in Gadani Beach for demolition on December 31, 1982, from March 18, 1981 Scrapped January 1983
Roland Kelkheim Bulk carrier December 1970 Burmeister & Wain /
833		 7041041 URAG set in motion as Kelkheim , 1971 Troll Maple , 1982 City of Salonika , 1986 Al Taludi , 1989 Flying Falcon ,?
Roland Bremen Bulk carrier May 1971 Burmeister & Wain /
840		 7104738 Hapag-Lloyd, Bremen 1974 Mannheim , 1982 Troll Viking , 1986 City of Piraeus , 1988 Meridian , 1990 Al Taif , 1994 Caretta , 1994 Esentepe II , 1995 Med Carrara , scrapped in Alang from February 23, 2000
Bockenheim Bulk carrier 22nd December 1971 Verolme Verenigde Scheepswerven , Alblasserdam /
848		 7117278 MS "Bockenheim" Unterweser-Reederei-Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Bremen Converted to self-unloader Cabo San Lucas in 1980 , CSL Cabo in 1995 , scrapped in Xinhui from November 4, 2013
Griesheim Bulk carrier June 28, 1972 Verolme Verenigde Scheepswerven, Alblasserdam /
849		 7211828 MS "Griesheim" Unterweser-Reederei-Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Bremen 1980 Vivacity , scrapped in Taixin on April 25, 1999
Ioannis Colocotronis Crude oil tanker January 31, 1975 AG "Weser" /
1390		 7360863 Viavela Armadora SA, Panama 1976 to Kosmos als Berlin , 1986 Sapphire , 1995 Serenity , 1996 years Venture , from July 27th 2000 scrapped in Chittagong
Vassiliki Colocotronis Crude oil tanker July 11, 1975 AG "Weser" /
1391		 7360875 Pansegura Armadora SA, Panama 1976 to Kosmos als Bremen , 1983 Klelia , 1986 White Rose , 1992 converted to FPSO , from October 27th 1996 scrapped at K.Azmeer Steel in Chittagong
Bonn Crude oil tanker September 27, 1976 AG "Weser" /
1394		 7361154 Kosmos Bulkschiffahrt, Bremen (Hapag-Lloyd) 1984 Boni , 1984 M. Vatan , on July 9, 1985 on the voyage from Kharg to Sirri at position 27.32 ° N; 051.20 ° E hit by an Iraqi Exocet missile. The cargo was later unloaded and the ship declared a constructive total loss. Arrived at National Ship Demolition in Kaohsiung for demolition on May 10, 1986, and scrapped there from January 23, 1987
Hildesheim Multipurpose freighter / 36L August 26, 1977 AG "Weser" /
1402		 7519701 Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg and Bremen 1983 Cape Rion , 1984 Huang Hua , deleted from the register since June 18, 2012
Rudesheim Multipurpose freighter / 36L October 21, 1977 AG "Weser" /
1403		 - Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg and Bremen -
Ingelheim Multipurpose freighter / 36L December 16, 1977 AG "Weser" /
1404		 7519725 Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg and Bremen 1983 Coronet , 1988 Natasha II , 1990 Gur Mariner , 1990 satellite Mars , 1992 M.Melody in Luanda to engine trouble on 24 February 2002 abandoniert later arrested at Walvis Bay and arrived on 5 December 2002 for demolition in Alang
Ruesselsheim Multipurpose freighter / 36L December 30, 1977 AG "Weser" /
1405		 7519737 Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg and Bremen 1982 Hapag Lloyd Kiel , 1983 Cape Corfu , 1989 Zeta , 2000 Fratzis , 2002 Cirus , 2006 Crestena 2 , 2006 Chrestena II , stranded and lost on July 28, 2006 after machine damage off Porbandar
Heidenheim Multipurpose freighter / 36L February 28, 1978 AG "Weser" /
1406		 7519749 Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg and Bremen 1983 Sunset , 1986 Iligan , 1999 Idenne , 2000 Dane , in May 2002 for the demolition to Alang
Untertürkheim Multipurpose freighter / 36L April 30, 1978 AG "Weser" /
1407		 7519751 Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg and Bremen 1983 Planet , 1989 Gur Master , 2002 Magic Star , 2003 Magic S. , scrapped from January 21, 2004
Mülheim Bulk carrier September 1977 EMAC, Rio de Janeiro /
296		 - Kosmos Bulkschiffahrt, Bremen (Hapag-Lloyd) -
Bentheim Bulk carrier March 1978 EMAC, Rio de Janeiro /
297		 7433567 Kosmos Bulkschiffahrt, Bremen (Hapag-Lloyd) 1985 Golden Sun , 1988 Argo Explorer , 1993 Cargo Explorer , 1997 Explorer S. , scrapped from April 6, 2002
Weinheim Bulk carrier September 1978 EMAC, Rio de Janeiro /
298		 7433579 Kosmos Bulkschiffahrt, Bremen (Hapag-Lloyd) Golden Rio , Turandot , 2004 Bulk Fortune , 2005 Cinna , 207 SV Sergiy , scrapped from May 14, 2011

literature

  • KOSMOS BULKSCHIFFAHRT GmbH, Bremen . In: Schiffahrt international , Vol. 30, No. 3, March 1979, pp. 116–121.
  • Wiborg, Susanne; Wiborg, Klaus: Our field is the world. 150 years of Hapag-Lloyd . Hamburger Abendblatt / Axel Springer Verlag, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-921305-36-5 .
  • Schwadtke, Karl-Heinz: The new German merchant fleet in the picture . 2nd Edition. Gerhard Stalling Verlag, Oldenburg 1966.
  • Witthohn, Ralf: The new German merchant fleet . Freighters, tankers and containers. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1976, ISBN 3-7979-1870-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Up, up and away in Der Spiegel No. 31/1977 of July 25, 1977
  2. ↑ Like a will-o'-the-wisp in Der Spiegel No. 7/1986 of February 10, 1986
  3. ^ Shareholders as saviors in Die Zeit No. 30 of July 22, 1983
  4. ↑ Entry at ship-db.de (PDF; 785 kB)
  5. ↑ Entry at ship-db.de (PDF; 1.3 MB)
  6. ↑ Entry at wrecksite.eu (English)
  7. ↑ Entry at norskeskip.no (English)
  8. ↑ Entry at norskeskip.no (English)
  9. ↑ Miramar Ship Index
  10. ↑ a b c d e f Equasis
  11. ↑ Entry at Auke Visser (English)
  12. ↑ Entry at Auke Visser (English)
  13. ↑ Entry at Auke Visser (English)
  14. ↑ Coast Guard rescues 25 crew of stranded Panama vessel off Porbandar at oneindia (English)