Clarkson, H, & Co Ltd

Sectors:

  • Financial services Insurance broking & agency services
  • Transport services Ship & aircraft broking, chartering, etc, services
  • Transport services Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management

Notes:

Established in 1852 as shipbrokers by Horace A Clarkson. Intermittenlty shipowners most notably owning bulk carriers after 1945. Appointed Esso's shipbrokers in 1929 and became world leading tanker brokers. From 1950s diversified into insurance broking and related services which were sold in 1974. Subsequently diversified into financial and property services, warehousing, stevedoring, etc. Continues as Clarkson Plc

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