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    Christian Salvesen was a Scottish whaling, transport and logistics company with a long and varied history, employing 13,000 staff and operating in seven...
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  • Salvesen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alastair Salvesen (born 1941), British billionaire businessman Anton Salvesen, Norwegian...
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  • Salvesen of Culrain (aka Ted Salvesen) JP FSA Scot FRSE FRSA (1863–1942) was a 19th-century Scottish soldier and businessman. The Theodore Salvesen Memorial...
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  • partner in the family whaling and shipping firm Christian Salvesen. Harold was the son of Theodore Salvesen, who had expanded the family shipping business...
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    essential part of the shipping industry since the late 19th century. Christian Salvesen expanded from a small Scottish whaling company when they established...
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    significantly strengthened its position in Europe, with the acquisition of Christian Salvesen, and in March 2011, it bought the British company TDG. The company...
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    holder being Nils Olav III. The family of Norwegian shipping magnate Christian Salvesen gave a king penguin to Edinburgh Zoo when the zoo opened in 1913....
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    the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, Edinburgh. The station was in operation from 1909 until 1965...
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    two large facilities. One is Norbert Dentressangle, which bought Christian Salvesen plc in November 2007 and maintains the frozen storage and distribution...
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  • Stuart Salvesen (1901–1957). They owned Bonnington House from 1944 to 1978. Iver Salvesen was the grandson of the Norwegian, Christian Fredrik Salvesen (1827–1911)...
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    Wilhelm August Thams (1812-1884), together with Norwegian businessman Christian Salvesen, had started Ørkedalens Mining in Meldal in 1867. The acquisition...
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    used the tricolour as a flag of convenience; so did the whalers of Christian Salvesen Shipping, to take advantage of the Irish whale quota. The tricolour's...
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    century ships were travelling to the Antarctic. In the early 1900s, the Christian Salvesen company developed significant interests in whaling, initially in the...
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  • Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing – Chip Ganassi Christian Dior – Christian Dior Christian SalvesenChristian Salvesen Christie's – James Christie Chrysler –...
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  • acquired by Christian Salvesen plc in 1984, a Scottish transport and logistics company. In 1997, the business demerged from Christian Salvesen and then listed...
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  • George William Salvesen (1 September 1897 – 30 May 1970) was a Scottish sculptor, born in Helsinki, Finland. He was a joint winner of the fifth annual...
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    expanded into the refrigerated distribution business in 1997, purchasing Christian Salvesen and renaming it CS Integrated LLC. SCI acquired Texas Cold Storage...
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    whaling in Britain can be dated from 1904, when Norwegian expatriate Christian Salvesen at Leith in Scotland established the Olna Whaling Company. Shore-based...
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    share capital was applied for the acquirement of several mines from Christian Salvesen, including Løkken Verk, Åmot gruve, Høidal gruve and Dragset Verk...
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    Argentine businessman, Constantino Davidoff, and the British company Christian Salvesen for the removal of an abandoned whaling station on the island. Aware...
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    fished over the side, rather than over the stern. In 1947, the company Christian Salvesen, based in Leith, Scotland, refitted a surplus Algerine-class minesweeper...
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  • lumber company Strandheim Brug in Orkanger, Norway, and Christian Salvesen of Turnbull, Salvesen and Company in Leith, Scotland, founded the mining company...
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    One of the hauliers was Lomas Distribution which was bought out by Christian Salvesen and was a major employer in the area; it later sold the site to French...
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    to have her converted into a whaling factory ship, and contracted Christian Salvesen to manage her. However, the South Georgia Company abandoned its plan...
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  • grew up in Edinburgh. His father worked for the logistics company Christian Salvesen, and Carter would often travel to London with his family. He was educated...
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    being founded in 1749. The last company still engaged in whaling was Christian Salvesen, which exited the industry in 1963. In the 19th century Arctic bowhead...
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  • 1900 at Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line. She was sold to Christian Salvesen in 1930, converted to a whale factory ship and renamed New Sevilla...
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    Solutions, a now defunct joint venture, with UK-based distribution group Christian Salvesen to create an integrated supply chain with an end-to-end transport...
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  • in January 1914, with the arrival of three king penguins from the Christian Salvesen whaling expedition which docked in Leith. The subsequent successful...
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  • family firm of Christian Salvesen but was perhaps involved in ship design for them. From 1882 he joined his father's firm of J T Salvesen & Co, shipowners...
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