Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
Industry Shipping
Founded 1999
Headquarters Lysaker, Norway
Revenue Increase US$2.3 billion (2007)
Number of employees
 3,300 (2007)[1]
Parent Wallenius Lines
Wilh. Wilhelmsen
Website www.2wglobal.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 offers 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 is one of the world's largest companies in the transporting of rolling equipment; automobiles, heavy machinery (mining, construction, farming equipment), yachts, trains, power stations and others. Headquartered in Oslo and Stockholm, with main regional offices in New York, Tokyo and Sydney, the company has 3,300 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]

Don Quijote, a WWL car carrier. 
This photograph was taken on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. 
RORO carrier Tourcoing passing through Panama canal. 

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Facts and Figures". Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  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.
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