Private company

K Line European Sea Highway Services

Logo: K Line, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

German roll on/roll off shipping line

K Line European Sea Highway Services GmbH (KESS) is a roll-on/roll-off shipping line based in Bremen, Germany and is a subsidiary of the Japanese shipping line K Line.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2003Founded1
  • Website
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1

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Isar Highway (1)
Photo: Tvabutzku1234, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons4

K Line European Sea Highway Services GmbH (KESS) is a roll-on/roll-off shipping line based in Bremen, Germany and is a subsidiary of the Japanese shipping line K Line.2

Corporate structure

K Line European Sea Highway Services is part of a group headed by K Line. 13 entities, 8 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • K Line 兵庫県 神戸市, Japan
    • K Line European Sea Highway Services
    • International Transportation Service Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • K Line Offshore AS Subsidiary · Arendal, Norway
    • Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Subsidiary · Tokyo
    • Ocean Network Express Stake · 31% · Tokyo
    • 'K' LINE (INDIA) SHIPPING PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · 80% · Mumbai, India
    • "K" LINE BULK SHIPPING (UK) LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • "K" LINE PTE LTD Subsidiary · Singapore, Singapore
    • "K” LINE ENERGY SHIPPING (UK) LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • NORTHERN LNG TRANSPORT CO., I LTD. Subsidiary · George Town, Cayman Islands
    • OCEAN1919 SHIPPING NO.3 S.A. Subsidiary · Panama, Panama
    • Pacific Breeze LNG Transport S.A. Subsidiary · Panama City, Panama
    • SS Raifuku Maru Owned

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2003Founded Founded1

Sources

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