Gearbulk

Gearbulk Holding Limited
Company type	Private
Industry	Ship transport
Founded	1968; 57 years ago
Headquarters	Hamilton, Bermuda
Key people	Kristian Gerhard Jebsen
Owner	Mitsui O.S.K. Lines; (2025–present);
Number of employees	600 office staff worldwide; 3000 operational and seafaring staff
Website	http://www.gearbulk.com/

Gearbulk Holding Ltd. is an international shipping company that operates the world's largest fleet of open hatch gantry and semi-open jib craned vessels.^[2] These vessels specialise in carrying unitised breakbulk cargoes like forest products, non-ferrous metals, and steel.

Headquartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland, it also has a revenue stream in terminal operations. Founded by Kristian Gerhard Jebsen of Bergen, Norway in 1968,^[2]^[3] it took over the Dublin Shipping company thirty years later.^[4]

In January 2025, it was announced that Japan-based group MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines) had completed the purchase of a majority stake (72%) in Gearbulk.^[5]

Fleet

As of October 2014, the Gearbulk fleet consisted of 64 vessels, most of which were "open hatch gantry craned (OHGC)" vessels.^[2] Standardising on this design makes the vessels interchangeable, and offers operational flexibility.^[2] Gearbulk also operates open hatch jib craned (Fleximax) vessels and several bulk carriers for general bulk cargoes.^[2]

On 2 January 2015, the MS Bulk Jupiter sank off the coast of Vũng Tàu, Vietnam.^[6]

List of ships

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.^[7]

Ibis Arrow (4th generation juice carrier)
Aracari Arrow
Jacamar Arrow
Quetzal Arrow
Hawk Arrow
Jaegar Arrow
Emu Arrow
Kite Arrow
Grebe Arrow
Mandarin Arrow
Merline Arrow
Penguin Arrow
Plover Arrow
Toucan Arrow
Weaver Arrow
Corella Arrow
Macuru Arrow
Tenca Arrow
Tuju Arrow
Canelo Arrow
Cedar Arrow
Pine Arrow
Poplar Arrow

References

^ Gearbulk (2008). "Offices". Gearbulk Holding Limited. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Gearbulk (2008). "About Us". Gearbulk Holding Limited. Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
^ Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi AS (KGJS) (2008). "About Us". KGJS Web site. KGJS. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
^ Humphries, George. "Seafaring Memories of Dublin Shipping". Archived from the original on 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
^ "MOL completes acquisition of majority stake in Gearbulk". Seatrade Maritime. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
^ "Anthony Poole, blogs.platts.com". Retrieved 2 September 2015.
^ "Fleet List - Gearbulk - International Shipping".

External links

Gearbulk Shipping AS at Det Norske Veritas Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
Gearbulk Shipowning Ltd. at Det Norske Veritas Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine

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[gboffices-1] Gearbulk (2008). "Offices". Gearbulk Holding Limited. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2008-04-22.

[gbabout-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Gearbulk (2008). "About Us". Gearbulk Holding Limited. Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2008-04-22.

[kgjsabout-3] Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi AS (KGJS) (2008). "About Us". KGJS Web site. KGJS. Retrieved 2008-04-22.

[4] Humphries, George. "Seafaring Memories of Dublin Shipping". Archived from the original on 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2009-09-18.

[5] "MOL completes acquisition of majority stake in Gearbulk". Seatrade Maritime. Retrieved 2025-01-28.

[6] "Anthony Poole, blogs.platts.com". Retrieved 2 September 2015.

[7] "Fleet List - Gearbulk - International Shipping".

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