Jebsens

Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = A/S Kristian Jebsens Rederi
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company_type = Private
location = Bergen, Norway
fate = Merger
successor = Jebsen Wilson Euro Carriers
foundation = 1929
defunct = 1993
industry = Shipping
key_people = Kristian Jebsen (founder)
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Kristian Jebsens Rederi usually know as Jebsens was a short sea liner shipping company founded in 1929. Operations were ceased i 1993 when the company merged its operations with Paal Wilson & Co to form Jebsen Wilson Euro Carriers. The company was founded and owned by Kristian Jebsen until his death in 1967 and based in Bergen, Norway.

History

Jebsens was founded in 1929 by Kristian Jebsen (1901-1967), starting out with a DWT|2,400|metric|first=yes steam ship that operates on North Sea trade. By World War II the company was operating four vessels, but all four were lost in the war. After the war the company went into short sea lining and tankers. Among the largest customers were National Lead's subsidiaries Kronos-Titan and Titania as well as Norsk Jernverk. By 1980 Jebsens was operating 27 ships in the DWT|3,500 to DWT|7,500 class. But the harsh years for shipping during the 1980s gave the company financial difficulties, forcing the company to merge its operating division with Paal Wilson & Co in 1993, creating Jebsen Wilson Euro Carriers. At first a joint venture, in 1995 Jebsens bough out Paal Wilson & Co, just to be bought by the same company two years later. The heritage exists today as part of Wilson ASA. [cite web |url=http://www.wilsonship.no/web/main.nsf//frontpages/history |title=Wilson - Industrial shipping for 60 years |author=Wilson ASA |language= |accessdate=2007-09-27]

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