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Gerrards Rederi
Gerrards Rederi A/S (Gerrards Shipping) was a Norwegian shipping company, trading from 1956 to the late 1990s. History Gerrards Rederi was established in 1956 when the two joint-stock shipping companies S/A Songdal and S/A Germa were merged. The shipping company struggled through the shipping crisis of the mid-1970s, but conditions improved during the 1980s. In 1984 the company established the shipping pool Samseilingspoolen Norobo, together with Arnt J. Mørland, Tønnevolds Tankrederi A/S, Ugland Management Co. A/S, and Norse Shipping Company Pty. Ltd. The pool was to consist of 12 modern combined bulk and tank ships. In 1992, London-based Ugland Brothers acquired the company., and in 1994 its activities were moved from Kristiansand, Norway, to London. The company appears to have ceased trading around 1997. In 1999, Gerrards Rederi was for several months the object of intense media attention related to the Pickupcat controversy, in which Pickupcat management had given inacc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipping Company
A shipping line or shipping company is a company whose line of business is ownership and operation of ships. Shipping companies provide a method of distinguishing ships by different kinds of cargo: # Bulk cargo is a type of special cargo that is delivered and handled in large quantities. # General cargo, now known as break-bulk cargo, refers to a wide assortment of goods that may be delivered to several ports around the world. # Oil became a crucial part of the shipping industry in the early 20th century. Its use varied from lubrication for developed machinery, burning in boilers and industrial plants, as well as for operating engines. Oil is also primarily shipped by specific shipping companies as opposed to other forms of transportation. This is considered a type of special cargo. The shipping of oil has become a debated issue due to the environmental impacts of both oil spills and oil tankers. # Passenger cargo is the business of transporting people on shipping lines for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joint Stock Company
A joint-stock company is a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their shares (certificates of ownership). Shareholders are able to transfer their shares to others without any effects to the continued existence of the company. In modern-day corporate law, the existence of a joint-stock company is often synonymous with incorporation (possession of legal personality separate from shareholders) and limited liability (shareholders are liable for the company's debts only to the value of the money they have invested in the company). Therefore, joint-stock companies are commonly known as corporations or limited companies. Some jurisdictions still provide the possibility of registering joint-stock companies without limited liability. In the United Kingdom and in other countries that have adopted its model of company law, they are known as unlimited companies. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipping Pool
A shipping pool is a group of similar merchant vessels that are grouped together for administrative Administration may refer to: Management of organizations * Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal ** Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an administrative officer, administ ... purposes. Their earnings are pooled and distributed to the vessel owners according to a prearranged agreement. Shipping pools *A/S Bulkhandling (established during the 1960s) *NOROBO (established 1984) *NPC/Norwegian Pipecarriers (established 1989) Shipping pools in various ship types Shipping pools are very popular among tanker vessels but not so much in dry bulk vessels. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugland
The J. J. Ugland Companies is a group of shipping companies based in Grimstad, Norway. History The company was first established as ''Uglands Rederi'' in 1930 by ship owner Johan Milmar Ugland (1881-1960). His sons Johan Jørgen Ugland (1921-2010) and Andreas Kjell Lund Ugland (1925-2019) subsequently assumed control of the company. The group operates a fleet of supramax dry cargo vessels, handysize bulk carriers, shuttle tankers, barges, heavy weight crane vessels and tug boats. The company also owns the EPC facility, A.S Nymo. Shipping is performed by the subsidiaries A/S Uglands Rederi and Ugland Shipping AS, while bulk shipping is performed by Ugland Bulk Transport A/S. Operation of the barges is performed by the Stavanger-based Ugland Construction AS. Technical management is performed by Ugland Marine Services AS The J. J. Ugland Companies is a group of shipping companies based in Grimstad, Norway. History The company was first established as ''Uglands Rederi'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norse Shipping Company Pty
Norse is a demonym for Norsemen, a medieval North Germanic ethnolinguistic group ancestral to modern Scandinavians, defined as speakers of Old Norse from about the 9th to the 13th centuries. Norse may also refer to: Culture and religion * Norse mythology * Norse paganism * Norse art * Norse activity in the British Isles Viking activity in the British Isles occurred during the Early Middle Ages, the 8th to the 11th centuries AD, when Scandinavians travelled to the British Isles to raid, conquer, settle and trade. They are generally referred to as Vikings, Richard ... * Vikings Language * Proto-Norse language, the Germanic language predecessor of Old Norse * Old Norse, a North Germanic language spoken in Scandinavia and areas under Scandinavian influence from c. 800 AD to c. 1300 AD ** Old West Norse, the western dialect of Old Norse, spoken in Norway and areas under Norwegian influence *** Greenlandic Norse *** Norn language, an extinct North Germanic language that was spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickupcat
PickUpCat was a Norwegian company established in 1996. The company was based on a module-based concept invented by Norwegian marine engineer Dag O. Aavitsland. The concept implied that ships should be built in two detachable modules so that the motor module and the cargo module could be separated."Ville selge egne aksjer", in Dagens Næringsliv 23.4.1999, page 6 Economic problems and misleading information In September 1998 the company's CEO sent misleading information to stock holders indicating that the company had signed a contract that would produce significant license income. According to the CEO's message, 6 motor units and 18 cargo units for chemical tankers were to be constructed, and this would produce significant income for the company, starting at the end of that year. The contract partner was identified as Venture Management Group Ltd in the UK. Over the next two days the price of Pickupcat stocks increased by 50%."Pickupcat-sjef tiltalt", Dagens Næringsliv, March 9, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stock Market
A stock market, equity market, or share market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers of stocks (also called shares), which represent ownership claims on businesses; these may include ''securities'' listed on a public stock exchange, as well as stock that is only traded privately, such as shares of private companies which are sold to investors through equity crowdfunding platforms. Investment is usually made with an investment strategy in mind. Size of the market The total market capitalization of all publicly traded securities worldwide rose from US$2.5 trillion in 1980 to US$93.7 trillion at the end of 2020. , there are 60 stock exchanges in the world. Of these, there are 16 exchanges with a market capitalization of $1 trillion or more, and they account for 87% of global market capitalization. Apart from the Australian Securities Exchange, these 16 exchanges are all in North America, Europe, or Asia. By country, the largest stock markets as of January 2022 are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Krone
The krone (, abbreviation: kr (also NKr for distinction); code: NOK), plural ''kroner'', is currency of the Kingdom of Norway (including Svalbard). Traditionally known as the Norwegian crown in English. It is nominally subdivided into 100 '' øre'', although the last coins denominated in øre were withdrawn in 2012. The krone was the thirteenth-most-traded currency in the world by value in April 2010, down three positions from 2007. The Norwegian krone is also informally accepted in many shops in Sweden and Finland that are close to the Norwegian border, and also in some shops in the Danish ferry ports of Hirtshals and Frederikshavn. Norwegians spent 14.1 billion NOK on border shopping in 2015 compared to 10.5 billion NOK spent in 2010. Border shopping is a fairly common practice amongst Norwegians, though it is seldom done on impulse. Money is spent mainly on food articles, alcohol, and tobacco, in that order, usually in bulk or large quantities. This is due to consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
