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John T. Essberger

John T. Essberger is a pioneer of purpose-built parcel tankers and today is one of Europe's leading operators of such tankers, as well as operating Dry Cargo and Ship Management Divisions.

In 2021, Essberger and Stolt Tankers entered into a joint venture, E&S Tankers, to operate 48 highly sophisticated parcel tankers ranging in size from 2,800 to 11,300 deadweight tonnes, trading in Europe and in particular within the Baltic, Mediterranean and Northwest Europe.

Essberger is proud of its unique history, a history that has resulted in a state of the art fleet manned and operated by highly committed and experienced personnel, known and trusted throughout Europe by shippers of bulk liquids .

We built our business on long term partnerships and the future of the company is underpinned by continuous investment in the business, where we aim to combine tradition with modernity.

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OUR trading areas
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EUROPE — WEST & CENTRAL MED

Dry Cargo

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Ship Management

Managed Fleet

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Latest Press Release

HAMBURG, May 18, 2021

- The John T. Essberger Group announced today that they have signed final agreements with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Dingheng Co. Ltd to build 4 x 6,600 DWT stainless steel parcel chemical tankers with options for an additional four vessels.

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6.600 DWT, 16 stainless steel tanks, Ice Class 1A, LNG propulsion

Our Divisions

E&S Tankers

A joint venture, Essberger and Stolt Tankers, is a leading operator of 48 parcel tankers within the following main trade areas:

→  Europe-Baltic
→  North Sea
→  Europe-Mediterranean

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Ship Management

First Class high quality Ship Management requires experience and a professional staff of committed personnel. John T. Essberger is aiming at long term relationships with our business partners.
We “go the extra mile” to get the best continuous performance.

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Dry Cargo

Dry Cargo, the tramp division of the group, is a shipowner in its own right and is actively working as a commercial Ship Manager for third party clients with a fleet of modern bulk carriers, sophisticated multi-purpose tonnage and container vessels as well as other purpose-built ships such as cement tankers.

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Company Information:

Highest Standards

Throughout every part of our operation we put Safety and Environmental care on the top of our agenda. There are no commercial or other circumstances which will make us compromise our approach to either.

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Crewing

The Crewing department, which is based in Hamburg, together with our two Manning Offices in Poland and the Philippines as well as our network of trusted Manning Agencies, are responsible for all crewing activities.

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JTE's History

John T. Essberger, a Naval Commander, founded his own ship owning company in Hamburg in 1924. Since that time, the company has been actively involved in many different aspects of shipping.

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Our modern Chemical Tanker Fleet

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Essberger Tankers is proud of its unique history, a history that has resulted in a state of the art fleet manned and operated by highly committed and experienced personnel, known and trusted by shippers of bulk liquids in Europe.

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John Augustus Essberger1:27"

Outbound from Rafnes Norway

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Patricia Essberger1:40"

Cruising in perfect weather

Upload: 22 June 2019
Smooth sailing (Georg Essberger)0:57"

Cruising through Langesundsfjorden

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