Carl Laeisz
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1850
The newly independent countries of South America and the growing number of settlers in Australia result in the creation of new shipping connections. To say nothing of the golden age of trade with China which begins just about this time. Young businessman Carl Laeisz, taken into the family company by father Ferdinand in 1852, urges his father to buy two small ships.
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1857
The income from these two ships alone is so high that father and son decide to commission the construction of yet another ship, ultimately paving the way for their entrance into the shipping business. The new ship is christened after Carl's wife, nicknamed "Pudel" (poodle) for her curly hair. A statue of a poodle stands on top of the Laeiszhof on Trostbrücke between the two towers in memory of Carl's wife. Choosing names beginning with the letter "P" soon becomes a Laeisz tradition, a tradition that is valid up through the present day.
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1861
F. Laeisz founds the Hamburgischer Rettungsverein (Hamburg Rescue Organisation) in 1861, later to be renamed Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (German Society for Rescuing Shipwrecked). The close connection between the Laeisz shipping company and this rescue organization has remained to this day.
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1862
A Laeisz sailboat drops anchor in the Chilean port of Valparaiso for the first time, thus laying the cornerstone for regular West coast transports of sodium nitrate and guano to Germany. Shortly thereafter, the shipping line will come to epitomize the sailing route large ships take around Cape Horn to and from Chile.
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Valparaiso/Chile
Around 1900 |
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Laeisz-Medal for brave rescue from distress |
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