CONCORDIA MARITIME 135 YEARS
Concordia Maritime’s history is largely a mirror of society at large.
When the business started in the late 1880s, it was to support an emerging Swedish wood industry by transporting goods to the UK. Then, as demand for oil increased in the 1920s, the focus shifted to tanker transport. As the oil industry has evolved, and the number of oil fractions has increased and requirements have become more stringent, Concordia Maritime’s operations have also continued to develop.
To mark the 135th anniversary, the book Över älven och ut på världshaven (Over the river and into the oceans) came out in spring 2023. The book, written by Krister Bång, Rickard Sahlsten and Thomas Taro Lennerfors, is published by Breakwater Publishing.
| 1888 | Wholesaler Justus A. Waller founded Rederi AB Concordia in Gothenburg together with Wilhelm R. Lundgren in 1888. |
| 1900 | In 1900, the founders went their separate ways and Lundgren formed his own shipping company - from this, Rederi AB Transatlantic was founded in 1904. |
| 1920 | New focus on tanker transport – as a result of increasing demand for oil. |
| 1966 | Stena new owner. The company operates in ferries, Ro-Ro, offshore and tankers. |
| 1984 | Concordia Maritime is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. |
S/S Faunus. The first new build was delivered in 1891. Focus on transport of wood products. Sten A Olsson and Ingvar Fasth, the manager of the ferry division, standing by a model of one of the eleven RoRo vessels that were ordered from Korea. The photo is taken in March 1977.
