Onassis Family

Japanese: オナシス・ファミリー - おなしすふぁみりー
Onassis Family

…Onassis' strategy at this time was to buy second-hand ships at extremely low prices and lay them up until the shipping market recovered. From then on, he established a foothold in the tramp shipping market with a unique management method of buying second-hand ships at low prices, manning them with Greek crew at low wages, registering them in flags of convenience, and managing them under the Onassis family (family-owned business group). After World War II, he quickly established a shipping company in New York under the names of his two children, who were American citizens, and achieved great success by receiving favorable transfers of American state-owned ships and American government loans for the construction of tankers, building a major shipping empire. …

*Some of the terms mentioned in relation to the "Onassis Family" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…オナシスはこの時期の超安値で中古船を購入し,これを海運市況が回復するまで係船するという戦略をとった。これ以来,安値で中古船を購入し,これに安い賃金でギリシア船員を配乗して便宜置籍国に登録し,オナシス・ファミリー(同族企業グループ)で経営管理するという独特な経営方式で,不定期船市場にその地歩を固めていった。第2次大戦後はいちはやくアメリカ市民権をもつ2児の名義でニューヨークに海運会社を設立し,有利なアメリカ国有船の払下げとタンカー建造に対するアメリカ政府融資を受けて大きな成功を収め,一大海運王国を築き上げた。…

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