Gerrards Rederi A/S (Gerrards Shipping) was a Norwegian

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, trading from 1956 to the late 1990s.

History

Gerrards Rederi was established in 1956 when the two

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, 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

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controversy, in which Pickupcat management had given inaccurate information about the negotiations between the companies, and had thus led the stock market to believe that Gerrards Rederi had agreed to invest

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10 million in the maritime technology company.

Vessels

*MS Gerore"MS Gerore"
, Frostship *MS Gerina *MT Georgia

References

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