Kristian Jebsens Rederi usually known as Jebsens was a short sea liner

Short sea shipping

The modern terms Short sea shipping and marine highway refer to the historical terms coastal trade, coasting trade and coastwise trade, which encompass the movement of cargo and passengers mainly by sea, without directly crossing an ocean. Deep sea shipping, intercontinental shipping or ocean...

 shipping company founded in 1929. Operations were ceased i 1993 when the company merged its operations with Paal Wilson & Co

Paal Wilson & Co

Paal Wilson & Co A/S was a shipping company founded in 1942 that operated short sea liner services throughout Europe. It merged its operations with Jebsens in 1993 when they formed Jebsen Wilson Euro Carriers...

 to form Jebsen Wilson Euro Carriers. The company was founded and owned by Kristian Jebsen until his death in 1967 and based in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

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Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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History

Jebsens was founded in 1929 by Kristian Jebsen (1901–1967), starting out with a steam ship that operates on North Sea

North Sea

In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...

 trade. By World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 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

Tanker (ship)

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

. Among the largest customers were National Lead's subsidiaries Kronos-Titan and Titania as well as Norsk Jernverk

Norsk Jernverk

Norsk Jernverk is a former Norwegian industrial company which was founded in 1946 in Mo i Rana, fully owned by the State of Norway. The production started in 1955. In 1985 it acquired the steel company Christiania Spigerverk, which was later again sold out as a separate company...

. By 1980 Jebsens was operating 27 ships in the to 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

Wilson ASA

Wilson ASA is a shortsea liner shipping company that operates about 100 vessels, of which 64 are owned. The ships are bulk carriers in the range of to . The company is controlled by Kristian Eidesvik who owns about 80% of the company...

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