or entirely upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . january 2012 hugo stinnes schiffahrt type gmbh limited liability company founded 1920 headquarters rostock germany key people mr. jens kroczek products shipping number of employees 15 website http www.stinnes linien.de hugo stinnes schiffahrt gmbh is a shipping company based in rostock germany which specializes in container service between germany and south africa and in transporting cargo between northern europe the caribbean and mexico . it was part of the former conglomerate hugo stinnes gmbh . contents 1 history 1.1 hugo stinnes gmbh and the ozean linie 1.2 hugo stinnes corporation 1.3 hugo stinnes schiffahrt gmbh 2 references 3 external links history edit hugo stinnes gmbh and the ozean linie edit in 1808 mathias stinnes founded a company for shipping and coal trading the activities focused on the rivers rhine and ruhr . 1 mathias stinnes grandson hugo stinnes founded the company hugo stinnes gmbh in 1907 with the purpose of coastal coal trade marine cargo handling and shipping . in 1917 hugo stinnes founded the stock corporation for maritime shipping and overseas trade in hamburg containing among others the companies of mathias stinnes and hugo stinnes . ever since this company was the corporate center for all of stinnes interests in shipping and overseas trade . after a failed attempt to gain influence in the established shipping companies by acquisition of shares hugo stinnes entered in 1920 into direct competition with the three main shipping companies hapag norddeutscher lloyd and hamburg sued . in 1921 stinnes took share in the ozean linie founded in 1908 by the h. schuldt group of shipping companies . the ozean linie operated a liner service between the continent and cuba mexico . until the death of hugo stinnes in 1924 more than 30 ships sailed in co operation with smaller shipping companies under stinnes flag mainly to central and south america and to east asia . hugo stinnes corporation edit the hugo stinnes corporation was founded in 1926 in order to raise american capital . most of the stinnes family s considerable assets were ceded to this company . in 1941 the stinnes family s share in the hugo stinnes corporation was considered enemy capital and confiscated by the u.s.a. 1 the hugo stinnes corporation was auctioned and continued business in new york under the name of hugo stinnes industries inc. kept out of hugo stinnes industries due to american restrictions the stinnes family got into business for themselves in 1948 . in 1950 cl re stinnes widow of the founder hugo stinnes and the sons hugo and otto stinnes founded the hugo stinnes fuel iron and shipping company branch office duisburg ruhrort . soon otto stinnes relocated to hamburg and assumed the management of the stinnes fleet under the company name hugo stinnes branch office hamburg . hugo stinnes schiffahrt gmbh edit in 1989 the iron curtain fell and the gdr east germany collapsed . east and west germany re united october 1990 . the volkseigene betriebe people owned enterprises were privatized . in 1992 kg monsun a fully owned subsidiary of hugo stinnes branch office hamburg and deutsche seereederei rostock gmbh founded the shipping company dsr stinnes west indies services gmbh domiciled in hamburg . 1 the company name was changed into h. stinnes linien gmbh in 1998 . deutsche seereederei acquired the remaining shares from the stinnes family in 2002 and moved the company s headquarters from hamburg to rostock . by means of a buy out deutsche seereederei sold the activities of hugo stinnes linien gmbh in 2008 to stinnes holding gmbh a company founded by mr. jens kroczek . this company continues the shipping activities to date under the name hugo stinnes schiffahrt gmbh . although no longer in possession of the stinnes family since more than a decade hugo stinnes schiffahrt gmbh is nowadays the only company bearing the name stinnes and operating in one of the three original fields of activity of the stinnes conglomerate coal mining metallurgical industry shipping . besides operating a full container service from and to south africa the rostock domiciled hugo stinnes schiffahrt gmbh is a specialist for the ocean transport of breakbulk heavy load and project cargo between northern europe the caribbean and mexico thus continuing the tradition of ozean linie from 1921 . references edit a b c hugo stinnes geschichte . retrieved 2012 03 16 . detlefesen gert uwe 1998 . die stinnes reedereien eine darstellung der schiffahrtsinteressen des gro industriellen hugo stinnes seiner nachfahren hugo jr. otto und matthias stinnes sowie ihrer reedereien . bad segeberg ; cuxhaven detlefsen . isbn 9783928473514 . external links edit hugo stinnes schiffahrt official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hugo stinnes schiffahrt & oldid 724800533 categories companies established in 1920shipping companies of germanyrostockcompanies based in mecklenburg vorpommernhidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2012all articles needing additional references 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 deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 11 june 2016 at 15 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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