Norwegian group Stolt-Nielsen is retaining most of its Stolt Tankers team as its small parcel tanker business merges with John T Essberger.
The two companies combined their fleets on 1 January, producing E&S Tankers, an operation of 48 chemical carriers of between 2,800 dwt and 11,300 dwt, run from Hamburg, Germany.
Stolt had initially given staff two weeks to decide whether they wanted to move from Rotterdam when the deal was agreed in November.
