Weidtmann & Ballin

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Weidtmann & Ballin was a shipping company that emerged in 1945 from the ship brokerage firm Hugo Ballin , Hamburg , and the partner Max Weidtmann, Hamburg.

history

In 1912 the ship brokerage firm Hugo Ballin, which dealt with the purchase and sale of ships, was founded. It was handed over on October 31, 1945 by the now blind father to his son Hans. The previous commercial law registered under the name Hugo Ballin company received when handing over to his son and partner Max Weidtmann as an open trading company the name Weidtmann & Ballin and was registered as commercial law.

In addition to chartering, Weidtmann & Ballin turned to the shipping business and, as a correspondent owner, operated ships for the shareholders of partner shipping companies or a co-owner, but also had up to 6 freighters on long-term time charter. From 1945 used ships were bought and new ships ordered and managed. From 1969 the freighters were sold because they were too labor-intensive compared to more modern ships. In 1972 the last ship, the Alsterdamm (2), was sold and Weidtmann & Ballin gave up the shipping business. Hans Ballin died in 1974 at the age of 60.

Ships

5 fishing cutters with 64 GRT were ordered from the DW Kremer Sohn shipyard , as cargo ships were not allowed to be built. They were delivered in 1947/1948 and christened with the names Alsterfleet, Werna, Gunnel, Wiebke and Süllberg and passed on to various owners. The shipping company Weidtmann & Ballin managed this cutter under its own flag and acted as a correspondent ship owner . In mid-1949 the cutters were sold to the VVB Fischwirtschaft Saßnitz .

In 1948 the tugboat Jambo was taken over, which was built in 1940 near Wärtsilä in Helsinki for Russian accounts. This building contract was bought by the German Reich on August 7, 1941, along with 38 other building contracts . The completion took place as Ostland and the ship was handed over to the German naval forces in Norway in 1942. The tugboat later came to Kiel as British booty and was sold by the British Navy to Weidtmann & Ballin for 430,000 RM.

In 1952, DW Kremer Sohn, Elmshorn, delivered the freighter Alsterdamm with 495 GRT and 895 tdw to Weidtmann & Ballin as the correspondent owner for the shipping company (KRfPR). It was rebuilt in 1953 and the dimensions of the Alsterpark were adjusted. At 875 GRT, the larger Alsterpark with 1,160 tdw was delivered in 1953 and was considered a modern liner cargo ship.

In 1955 the Volksdorf , launched in 1904 as the cargo steamer Leda at AG Weser for the steam shipping company "Neptun" , was taken over. She was converted into a motor ship by the Hagelstein shipyard in Travemünde in 1955 , later sold to Greek shipping companies and demolished in 1968 after a long ship's life.

The motor cargo ship Alsterkamp (970 BRT, 1585 tdw) came again in 1957 as a new build from the DW Kremer Sohn shipyard in Elmshorn, as did the sister ship Alsterfleet .

The 4 Alster ships were used by Weidtmann & Ballin for tramping and liner time charter because the shipping company operated an extensive chartering business.

In 1969 Alsterdamm (2) was taken over by the correspondent shipping company Weidtmann & Ballin. At 3,160 GRT and 4,600 tdw it was considerably larger and was launched in 1958 as a circle at the Brodogradiliste Tito , Belgrade . In 1971 she was the last ship to be sold and the shipping company closed.

Literature and Sources

  • Weidtmann & Ballin . In: German shipping companies . Volume 1, Verlag Gert Uwe Detlefsen 1997. p. 183.

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