Gearbulk Holding Limited is an international
shipping company
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headquartered in
Pfaeffikon,
Switzerland.
The company operates the world's largest fleet of open hatch gantry and semi-open jib craned vessels.
These vessels specialise in carrying unitised breakbulk cargoes like forest products, non-ferrous metals, and steel.
The company also has a revenue stream in terminal operations.
Gearbulk was founded by
Kristian Gerhard Jebsen
Kristian Gerhard Jebsen (27 May 1927 – 19 February 2004) was a Norwegian ship-owner.
He was born in Bergen as a son of ship-owner Kristian Jebsen (1901–1967) and Sissi Kjerland (1904–1993). He was a great-grandson of factory owner and ship-o ...
of
Bergen, Norway
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...
in 1968,
and took over the
Dublin Shipping
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company in 1998.
Fleet
As of October 2014, the Gearbulk fleet consists of 64 vessels, most of which are "open hatch gantry craned (
OHGC)" vessels.
Standardising on this design makes the vessels interchangeable, and offers operational flexibility.
Gearbulk also operates open hatch
jib crane
A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist rope, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It is mainly used for lifting heavy objects and transporti ...
d (Fleximax) vessels and several
bulk carrier
A bulk carrier or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo — such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils, and cement — in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852, ec ...
s for general
bulk cargo
Bulk cargo is commodity cargo that is transported unpackaged in large quantities.
Description
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es.
Early 2015 Gearbulk lost the
MS Bulk Jupiter
'' Bulk Jupiter '' was a Bahamas registered cargo ship. She sank off the coast of Vietnam on 2 January 2015.
History
Sinking
On 2 January 2015 ''Bulk Jupiter'' sank off the coast of Vũng Tàu, Vietnam. She departed from Kuantan, Malaysia on 30 ...
when it sank off the coast of Vietnam.
List of ships
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* Ibis Arrow (4th generation juice carrier)
* Aracari Arrow
* Jacamar Arrow
* Quetzal Arrow
* Hawk Arrow
* Jaegar Arrow
* Emu Arrow
* Kite Arrow
* Grebe Arrow
* Mandarin Arrow
* Merline Arrow
* Penguin Arrow
* Plover Arrow
* Toucan Arrow
* Weaver Arrow
* Corella Arrow
* Macuru Arrow
* Tenca Arrow
* Tuju Arrow
* Canelo Arrow
* Cedar Arrow
* Pine Arrow
* Poplar Arrow
References
External links
Gearbulk Shipping AS at Det Norske VeritasGearbulk Shipowning Ltd. at Det Norske Veritas
Shipping companies of Switzerland
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