Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics

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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
IndustryShipping
Founded1999
HeadquartersLysaker, Norway
RevenueIncrease US$3.9 billion (2019)
Number of employees
8,700 (2019)[1]
ParentWallenius Wilhelmsen
Websitewww.walleniuswilhelmsen.com
Footnotes / references
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics is a privately owned Norwegian/Swedish shipping company, established in 1999 and co-owned by the two shipping companies Wallenius Lines and Wilh. Wilhelmsen.[2]

The company offered a range of logistics services, including supply chain management, ocean transportation using Neo-bulk cargo ships,[3][4][5] terminal handling, inland distribution and technical services. It was one of the world's largest companies in the transporting of Roll-on/roll-off equipment: automobiles, heavy machinery (mining, construction, farming equipment), yachts, trains, power stations, trailers, Mafi roll trailers and others. Headquartered in Oslo and Stockholm, with main regional offices in New York, Tokyo and Melbourne,[citation needed] the company had 8,700 employees worldwide.[1]

On 29 October 2008 Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics received the distinguished Norwegian American Trade Award for 2008 from the Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce.[6]

In 2017, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics was split into Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions in the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group.

Th shipping group currently operates a fleet of 123 vessels.[7]

  • Don Quijote, a WWL car carrier.

  • Trianon in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

  • RORO carrier Tourcoing passing through Panama canal.

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Facts and Figures". Wallenius Wilhelmsen. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
  3. ^ Fleet List (from the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics website. Accessed 2008-03-11.) Archive
  4. ^ "Ocean Fleet List". Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Fleet list, ship details". Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Norwegian American Trade Award for 2008". Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Cold lay-ups: Understanding how we temporarily mothball ships". Wallenius Wilhelmsen. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

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