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Group history

Carl Fisser and Christoph van Doornum founded the Emden business on 2 October 1879 in coal and timber, with shipping links through British coal and Scandinavian timber imports. Fisser bought out his partner in 1900. His sons Hendrik and Carl developed shipowning, beginning with Konsul Carl Fisser in 1925. A Hamburg office opened in 1938 and became headquarters. After wartime losses and reparations, rebuilding began in October 1949. Dr. Frank Fisser introduced liner agency and a Klöckner joint venture in the 1960s; a partnered building programme and pool followed in the 1970s. The family regained full control late in the 1980s, and Michael and Christian succeeded Frank. Fastbox handled container-feeder pool business, and IC Shipmanagement was formed in Limassol in August 2001.

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