Royal Greenland

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Royal Greenland A / S

logo
legal form A / S
founding 1990
Seat Nuuk , Greenland
management
  • Niels de Coninck-Smith (Chairman of the Board)
  • Mikael Thinghuus (Managing Director)
Number of employees 2,700 (2015/16)
sales 7.11 billion DKK (2015/16)
Branch Fishing, fish processing
Website www.royalgreenland.de

HDMS Akamalik , a Royal Greenland ship.

The Royal Greenland A / S is a fishing - and fish processing -Unternehmen from Greenland . The company has its own fishing fleet and 38 production facilities in Greenland and ten in Europe and Canada. The company is 100% state-owned in Greenland.

history

In 1774 the Danish state founded Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel (German: Royal Greenland Trading Company , KGH). In 1979 responsibility for trade on the island was transferred to the Greenland government. Royal Greenland was chosen as the company and brand name .

Production facilities

Europe

  • The factory in Aalborg in Denmark specializes in shrimp.
  • There are two plants in operation in Cuxhaven , Germany, one producing lumpfish roe in jars, the other salmon, plaice and cod in plastic bags.
  • Plaice, flounder and black halibut are filleted and packaged for the European market in Koszalin , Poland .

Former locations

Former Royal Greenland factory in Wilhelmshaven

In Rustersiel (district of Wilhelmshaven ), Royal Greenland Seafood GmbH operated a plant until September 2013 for the production of - mostly frozen - foods from seafood and fish, etc. a. Fish fingers . The plant had around 400 employees and a capacity of 80,000 t / year. It was sold to a group of investors from Singapore who continue to operate it as Greenland Seafood Wilhelmshaven GmbH . Royal Greenland stated that it wanted to concentrate on Greenland and the North Atlantic. One of the two investors, the Meridian Investment Group, is wholly owned and managed by a member of the Ng family, who control the Asian fish company Pacific Andes ; the second investor, the Sahara Investment Group, which owns more than 70% of the shares, is wholly owned and managed by Russian Oleg Sizov, a former employee of Pacific Andes, who also owns other fish companies in Russia and Asia.

Fishing fleet

Royal Greenland's fishing fleet consists of 7 deep sea fishing vessels and 5 inshore fishing vessels:

Deep sea fishing vessels

Ships Construction year Trawler type Length Width Production capacity Fishing capacity Capacity Team strength Owner
Akamalik 2001 Deep sea trawlers,
mackerel trawlers		 75.8 × 14.5 m 110 t / day 22-26 Royal Greenland 100%
Masilik 2001 linen 52 × 12 m 20 t / day 3-5,000 t / year 350 t 18th Royal Greenland 50%
Nataarnaq 2001 Deep sea fishing trawlers 67.5 × 14.5 m 110 t / day 24 Royal Greenland 50%
Sisimiut 2019 Deep sea fishing trawlers 82.05 × 17 m 65 t / day 42 Royal Greenland 100%
Tasiilaq 1987 Pelagic trawl
and purse seine		 77.6 × 12.6 m 120 t / day 20-25,000 t / year 700 t 22nd Royal Greenland 66%
Tuneq 1988 Pelagic trawl 70 × 12.5 m 60 t / day 10-15,000 t / year 500 t 10-12 Royal Greenland 66%
Tuugaalik 2002 Deep sea trawlers,
halibut / mackerel trawlers		 66.4 × 14.6 m 80 t / day 25th Royal Greenland 25%

Inshore fishing vessels

Ships Construction year Trawler type Length Width Production capacity Fishing capacity Capacity Team strength Owner
Laila S. 1993 Inshore fishing vessel,
black halibut		 19.4 x 5.2 m 3 t / day 150-300 t / year 30 t 3-5 Royal Greenland 100%
Lea 1986 Line / net ship for
coastal fishing		 14.85 x 5.16 m No 150 t / year 10 t 4th Royal Greenland 100%
Lomur 1988 Inshore fishing shrimp
trawlers		 43.2 × 9.6 m 60 t / day 6,000 t / year 130 t 11 Royal Greenland 75%
Niels 2002 Inshore fishing vessel,
black halibut		 14.3 x 4.52 m 3 t / day 150-300 t / year 14 t 3-5 Royal Greenland 100%
Sermilik 1986 Shrimp trawlers for
coastal fishing,
iced shrimp, cod		 26 × 8 m 20 t / day 2500 t / year 45 t 6-9 Royal Greenland 100%

Web links

Commons : Royal Greenland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Royal Greenland: Facts and Figures , accessed on October 4, 2017
  2. ↑ Production sites at royalgreenland.de , accessed on October 4, 2017
  3. ↑ a b Our legacy at royalgreenland.de , accessed on October 4, 2017
  4. ↑ Annual report 2010/2011 (English)
  5. ↑ Royal Greenland has sold factory , Jeversches Wochenblatt of September 10, 2013, accessed on November 20, 2015.
  6. ↑ http://www.fischmagazin.de/newsartikel-seriennummer-2875-Wilhelmshaven+Royal+Greenland+hat+Fabrik+verkauf.htm
  7. ↑ https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2015/12/23/pacific-andes-linked-processor-still-eyeing-tst-deal-after-pickenpack-insolvency-filing/
  8. ↑ Our ships. In: royalgreenland.de. Retrieved October 15, 2019 .