Westfal-Larsen is a group of
shipping
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companies based in
Bergen
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By May 20 ...
,
Norway
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, owning 20 open hatch ships and 12
chemical tanker
A chemical tanker is a type of tanker (ship), tanker ship designed to transport chemicals in bulk. As defined in MARPOL Annex II, chemical tanker means a ship constructed or adapted for carrying in bulk any liquid product listed in chapter 17 o ...
s.
The group's main activities also include investment as well as ship technical and commercial management. Among the subsidiaries are
Masterbulk which owns and manages the fleet of open-hatch ships, and its wholly owned subsidiary Westfal-Larsen Shipping AS
commercial management
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. The main company in the group is Skibsaktieselskapet Navigation Co Ltd while most of the shipping activities is performed by Westfal-Larsen & Co. AS. The group was founded by
Hans Westfal-Larsen in 1905.
In 1939,
Cosmopolitan Shipping Company lost the Southern Cross Line to Westfal-Larsen & Company. Westfal-Larsen & Company also operated the Interocean Line and County Line. The lines were closed in the 1960s.
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
Westfal-Larsen operated a fleet of 36 ships, 22 ships were lost during the war.
References
External links
Westfal-Larsen website
Shipping companies of Norway
Transport companies established in 1905
Norwegian companies established in 1905
Companies based in Bergen
Transport companies of Vestland
Dry bulk shipping companies
Chemical shipping companies
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