Gearbulk

Gearbulk Holding Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryShip transport
Founded1968[1]
Headquarters
Hamilton
,
Bermuda[2]
Key people
Kristian Gerhard Jebsen[1]
Number of employees
600 office staff worldwide[1]
3000 operational and seafaring staff[1]
Websitehttp://www.gearbulk.com/

Gearbulk Holding Limited is an international shipping company headquartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland.[1] The company operates the world's largest fleet of open hatch gantry and semi-open jib craned vessels.[1] These vessels specialise in carrying unitised breakbulk cargoes like forest products, non-ferrous metals, and steel.[1] The company also has a revenue stream in terminal operations.[1]

Gearbulk was founded by Kristian Gerhard Jebsen of Bergen, Norway in 1968,[1][3] and took over the Dublin Shipping company in 1998.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Gearbulk (2008). "About Us". Gearbulk Holding Limited. Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  2. ^ Gearbulk (2008). "Offices". Gearbulk Holding Limited. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  3. ^ Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi AS (KGJS) (2008). "About Us". KGJS Web site. KGJS. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  4. ^ Humphries, George. "Seafaring Memories of Dublin Shipping". Archived from the original on 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2009-09-18.