Oldendorff Centenary Book - Flipbook - Page 235
KLAUS OLDENDORFF
A SUCCESSFUL
FAMILY SPIN-OFF
1969 was a record year for Egon Oldendorff
with seven newbuildings and a new
business partner – his son, Klaus.
Egon Oldendorff took a 50% share in another Trampko freighter. His son
Klaus Oldendorff had started his shipping career in 1951 and at the age of 21
was appointed head of the superintendent department in his father’s company.
At the age of 31, Klaus Oldendorff set up his own business as a shipowner in
Hamburg. He bought his first ships on the second-hand market but commenced
a fleet modernisation programme in 1969 when he ordered four Trampko
freighters from Schlichting-Werft of Travemünde. Father and son Oldendorff
each held 50% in the second ship of this series, delivered on 24 January 1970
as the NORDWOGE and managed by Reederei ‘NORD’ Klaus E. Oldendorff of
Hamburg. The vessel was sold in 1981 to Fereniki Lines SA in Greece as the
DIAMOND SUN.
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