Dodwell & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Dodwell, Calill & Co
- Dodwell, George
- Adamson, Bell & Co
- North Pacific Steamship Cp
- Inchcape & Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Japan
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Shanghai, China
Sectors:
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
General trading co & agency house activities
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Transport services
Shipping agency, etc, services
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Transport services
Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Established in 1891 as Dodwell, Carlill & Co by George Dodwell, 1851-1925, and A J H Carlill out of the failing Shanghai merchant house business of Adamson Bell & Co. The latter traced its origins to W R Adamson & Co in 1850s which exported from Treaty Ports on China Coast goods such as silk and tea and imported manufactures. Early on also acted as shipping agents for, inter alia, Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. Also developed a substantial London base which was incorporated there in c1898 as Dodwell & Co Ltd. Emerged as a major agency business with branches throughout China and Japan and by 1900 developed large shipowning/managing interests in Far East such as North Pacific Steamship Co. Developed other branches in Sri Lanka, USA, Canada, Africa, etc. 1972 acquired by Inchcape & Co Ltd
Publications:
- Dodwell & Co Ltd ... Hong Kong by Unknown
- Dodwell & Co Ltd (Founded 1858) by Unknown
- Dodwell, Japan. A world of trading in itself by Unknown
- Dodwell Machinery Dept [Shanghai] by Unknown
- George Benjamin Dodwell, shipping agent in the Far East, 1872-1908 by Jones, Stephanie
- House of Dodwell. A century of achievement, 1858-1958 by Warde, Edmund (ed)
- Merchants to Multinationals. British trading companies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by Jones, Geoffrey
- Two Centuries of Overseas Trading. The origins and growth of the Inchcape Group by Jones, Stephanie
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Dodwell, Calill & Co
- Dodwell, George
- Adamson, Bell & Co
- North Pacific Steamship Cp
- Inchcape & Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Japan
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Shanghai, China
Sectors:
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading co & agency house activities
- Transport services Shipping agency, etc, services
- Transport services Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Established in 1891 as Dodwell, Carlill & Co by George Dodwell, 1851-1925, and A J H Carlill out of the failing Shanghai merchant house business of Adamson Bell & Co. The latter traced its origins to W R Adamson & Co in 1850s which exported from Treaty Ports on China Coast goods such as silk and tea and imported manufactures. Early on also acted as shipping agents for, inter alia, Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. Also developed a substantial London base which was incorporated there in c1898 as Dodwell & Co Ltd. Emerged as a major agency business with branches throughout China and Japan and by 1900 developed large shipowning/managing interests in Far East such as North Pacific Steamship Co. Developed other branches in Sri Lanka, USA, Canada, Africa, etc. 1972 acquired by Inchcape & Co LtdPublications:
- Dodwell & Co Ltd ... Hong Kong by Unknown
- Dodwell & Co Ltd (Founded 1858) by Unknown
- Dodwell, Japan. A world of trading in itself by Unknown
- Dodwell Machinery Dept [Shanghai] by Unknown
- George Benjamin Dodwell, shipping agent in the Far East, 1872-1908 by Jones, Stephanie
- House of Dodwell. A century of achievement, 1858-1958 by Warde, Edmund (ed)
- Merchants to Multinationals. British trading companies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by Jones, Geoffrey
- Two Centuries of Overseas Trading. The origins and growth of the Inchcape Group by Jones, Stephanie