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Eggar Forrester Group Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Denton, Alfred, & Eggar
  • Cheney, Eggar & Forrester
  • Eggar, Forrester & Parker
  • Eggar, Forrester & Verner Ltd
  • Eggar Forrester (Holdings) Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England

Sectors:

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

Notes:

Traced origins to 1877 when established as Alfred Denton & Eggar. Renamed Cheney, Eggar & Forrester in 1892 and as Eggar, Forrester & Parker in 1906. Initially acted as agents for coal shipping businesses and later traded in coal, nitrates and grain. Soon started shipbroking, diversifying to ship management and shipowning by 1921. Incorporated 1917. Associated with Eggar, Forrester & Verner Ltd. From 1940s focused on shipbroking and commodity trading. From 1960s controlled by Ropner Holdings Ltd, a shipping business. Restructured as Eggar Forrester (Holdings) Ltd in c1969. Continues in 2012 as Eggar Forrester Group Ltd with interests in ship sales, insurance broking, estate agency, etc

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