company . for the sports equipment company see wilson sporting goods . for other uses see wilson disambiguation . this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message wilson asa type public industry shipping founded 1993 headquarters bergen norway area served europe key people yvind gjerde ceo revenue nok 1 658.6 million 2006 operating income nok 184.7 million 2006 net income nok 120.1 million 2006 website www.wilsonship.no 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 1 500 long tons deadweight dwt to 10 000 dwt . the company is controlled by kristian eidesvik who owns about 80 % of the company . headquarters are located in bergen norway . history edit wilson was founded in 1993 after the merger of paal wilson & co founded 1942 and jebsens founded 1929 with the operating company jebsen wilson euro carriers as one of the largest short sea shipping companies in the world . the new company was a joint venture still owned by the two mother companies . at the time of the merger paal wilson & co was owned 67 % by ipg shipping while the rest was owned by the wilson family after paal wilson died in 1985 . kristian eidesvik bought part of the company in 1995 but after internal struggle in paal wilson & co sold their ownership in euro carriers to jebsens instead gaining control over actinor shipping . but the next year actinor bought 70 % of jebsens and by 2001 the entire company was owned by in ship owned by eidesvik . wilson asa was listed on the oslo stock exchange in 2005 . wilson ship in trondheimsfjord . this article related to a norwegian ship transport company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wilson company & oldid 647236733 categories shipping companies of norwaydry bulk shipping companiescontainer shipping companiestransport companies of hordalandcompanies based in bergencompanies established in 19931993 establishments in norwaynorwegian shipping company stubshidden categories articles lacking sources from february 2011all articles lacking sourcesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages norsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 12 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view