Celebrating 100 years
Our story goes back to 1921, when 21-year-old Egon Oldendorff became a partner in a small Hamburg shipping business, renamed Lillienfeld & Oldendorff. The business endured the hardships of two world wars and several financial recessions, but in the 1950s a freight boom saw the fleet rebuilt rapidly. From a local focus in the Baltic timber trade, Oldendorff grew into becoming one of the largest drybulk shipowners and operators in the world.