Deutsche Afrika-Linien/John T. Essberger Group of Companies

The Deutsche Afrika-Linien GmbH & Co./ John T. Essberger GmbH & Co. (DAL/JTE) is a German shipping company, based in Hamburg.^[1] It originated in the Essberger-Tankschiffreederei, a tanker company founded in Hamburg in 1924 by the British-born John Theodor Essberger (1886–1959), who had become a naturalised German citizen before 1914, led torpedo-boats during the First World War and was named 'Leader of German shipping' under the Third Reich. In 1942 Essberger took over the Woermann-Linie and Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie from the cigarette manufacturer Philipp Fürchtegott Reemtsma.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=5919886
2. ^ http://www.rantzau.de/