Corporate Profile Shipping, Transport and Logistics
Family owned Shipping Company Rederiet M.H. Simonsen, was founded in 1931 by Martin Hjorth Simonsen.
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History Founded in 1931 by Martin Hjorth Simonsen, Rederiet MH Simonsen remains a family owned shipping company. Today managed by his son Lars Hjorth Simonsen who is now the fourth generation of family shipmasters who owned their own vessels. Although starting up with general cargo ships, MH Simonsen is today solely operating tanker vessels, comprising ships in the range from 2000 dwt and up to 6000 dwt. Vegetable oils and fats Our ships are primarily engaged in the North European markets. The majority of the vessels are employed in the transportation of vegetable oils, fats, molasses, waxes, fertilisers and other FOSFA acceptable products. Two sister ships of our fleet m/t X54
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Orateca and m/t Orakota are further more dedicated as life time food-grade carriers and adheres to the most stringent requirements in the food industry. Large tankers with capacities of up to 50,000 tons enter Rotterdam with palm oil products from the Far East, and our vessels distribute this oil to factories and consumers in Northern Europe. Mineral oil and chemicals Another segment is the cpp trade (clean petroleum products), where M.H. Simonsen have designed and built a tanker specifically to supply the villages around the coast of Greenland – m/t Orasila. The m/t Orasila is permanently stationed in Greenland and is trading 12 months a year occasionally under extreme weather conditions.
Furthermore M.H. Simonsen offers their service to the chemical industry. The typical products we are carrying are ethanol, butanol, glycols and other easy chemicals used for a variety of purposes within the industry. This segment is to be further developed in the future. It is also our aim to maintain and to further strengthen our position as a market leader within the transportation of vegetable oils in our designated market areas by continuously adapting to market demands, international rules and regulations. Christiansmindevej 74, Box 224, 5700 Svendborg, Denmark Tel. / Fax . . +45 6220 3633 / +45 6220 3533 E-mail . . . . . . . . . . mhs@mhsimonsen.com Web site . . . . . . . . . www.mhsimonsen.com