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Industry | Shipping |
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Founded | 1905 |
Headquarters | Bergen, Norway |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Rolf Westfal-Larsen, Hans Peder Westfal-Larsen, Rolf Westfal-Larsen Jr |
Number of employees | 1,100 (2007) |
Website | www.wlco.no |
Westfal-Larsen is a group of shipping companies based in Bergen, Norway, owning 20 open hatch ships and 12 chemical tankers. [1] [2]
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. 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. [3] [4]
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. [2]
During World War II Westfal-Larsen operated a fleet of 36 ships, 22 ships were lost during the war. [2]
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