Industry Shipping Services Bulk Headquarters Copenhagen Parent organization Clipper Group Ltd. | Founder Torben Gülnar Jensen Website www.clipper-group.com Founded 1972 | |
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Key people Frank G Jensen, Chairman & Partner, Peter Norborg, Group CEO, and Flemming Steen, Group CFO CEO Gary Vogel (Jan 2013–), Kristian Morch (Jan 2013–) Subsidiaries Seatruck Ferries, Clipper Third Limited | ||
Clipper group at danish maritime fair
Clipper Group is an international shipping company, founded in 1991 by Torben Gülnar Jensen, after a split of Armada Shipping A/S, which was founded in 1972 together with Jørgen Dannesboe.
Contents
- Clipper group at danish maritime fair
- Clipper group norden vessel handover
- 2008 CEC Future hijacking
- Subsidiaries
- Career
- References
Primary focus is on bulk, especially within the handysize and supramax segments, but the company also has investments within e.g. ro-ro (Seatruck Ferries) and ferries in Denmark. In total, Clipper operates a fleet of around 130 vessels.
Clipper Group is commercially headquartered in Copenhagen and legally in Nassau, Bahamas, and has approx. 200 employees on shore and more than 1000 seafarers.
Clipper group norden vessel handover
2008 CEC Future hijacking
On 7 November 2008, a group of armed pirates hijacked a Clipper-owned vessel, the CEC Future, off the northern coast of Somalia. The ship's crew of thirteen was held hostage for 71 days and finally released on 16 January 2009, following negotiations by CEO Per Gullestrup who orchestrated a ransom payment of $1.7 million.
This incident subsequently became the inspiration for the Danish movie, A Hijacking which was released in 2012.
Subsidiaries
Career
Clipper Group offers a two-year Shipping Trainee Program in Copenhagen, in cooperation with the Danish Shipowners' Association (Danish Shipping Academy).