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Clarkson plc, often referred to simply as Clarksons, is the world's leading provider of shipping services, and is headquartered in London.〔(Clarkson PLC Acquisition of Gibb Tools Limited - WSJ.com )〕 It has 35 offices in 15 different countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Annual Report 2012 )〕 In 2011, Lloyd's List described the company's shipbroking service as the "undisputed heavyweight of the shipbroking market". It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. ==History== The company was founded by Horace Anderton Clarkson in London in 1852.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Clarkson Gains After Saying 2008 Will Beat Estimates (Update3) )〕 The son of a prosperous lawyer, he invited Leon Benham, a former colleague, to join him in partnership.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our history )〕 Benham's son Henry soon joined the business.〔(Shipping Intelligence Network 2005 - Features : Happy 150th Birthday, Horace Anderton Clarkson )〕 In the 1850s the business involved sailing ships, but by the 1860s the company was chartering steam ships.〔 In 1872 Clarksons became shipowners with the acquisition of three schooners.〔 The company became the world's largest tanker broker in 1929 when Esso appointed Clarksons as its exclusive shipbroker.〔 The first overseas office opened in New York in 1954. Offices soon followed in France, Australia and Germany, and in the 1960s, South Africa and Greece.〔 Expansion in the Far East began in the 1990s when companies were established in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore.〔 Carron Greig became joint managing director in 1962, chairman of the shipbroking division from 1972 - 1985, and chairman of the whole group, then known as Horace Clarkson, until his retirement in 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sir Carron Greig: Shipbroker who turned his company into a world leader in its field )〕 He was credited with transforming the group into a world leader in its field.〔 The company became a global force and Greig increased its business, especially with Esso, bringing in Brazil, Norway and the Far East to its portfolio.〔 He also fought off Russian and English corporate raiders in the 1970s.〔 The company spun off various diversified assets as Shipping Industrial Holdings in 1974.〔 Michael Wade sat on the board from 1984 to 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Horace Clarkson rejects buyout )〕 Peter Parker sat on the board from 1971 until 1993.〔 Richard Fulford-Smith became chief executive of the company in 2004. According to Robert Wright of the ''Financial Times'', he was central to Clarkson's emergence as the world's largest sale and purchase shipbroker.〔 Fulford-Smith was ousted from the board in 2008 after Russian litigation claims emerged against the company. Until March 2012, Martin Stopford sat on the board of directors and was head of the research arm of the company.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 100 Ship Brokers - Shipbroking - Lloyd's List )〕 In 2013 Clarkson acquired Gibb Tools, a North Sea oil engineering tools supplier, for £12.7 million.〔 In 2015 Clarkson acquired RS Platou AS, a Norwegian headed shipbroking and investment banking group. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clarkson plc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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