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Eimskip

Eimskipafélag Íslands hf. ( , ), trading as Eimskip ( , ), is an international shipping company with 56 offices in 20 countries and four continents; Europe, North America, South America and Asia. Eimskip specialises in worldwide freight forwarding services with focus on frozen and chilled commodities. The company also operates the passenger transport ferries Baldur and Særún. Eimskip was founded on 17 January 1914, with the issue of shares where many Icelanders became founding members and the company was called "the favourite child of the nation", in Icelandic "óskabarn þjóðarinnar". Eimskip operates seven vessels and received its newest and most environmentally friendly vessels in 2020, Dettifoss and Brúarfoss, which sail in collaboration with the Greenlandic shipping company Royal Arctic Line between Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Scandinavia. Also, Eimskip operates 42 warehouses and cold storages in North America, Europe, and Asia. And was once the biggest owner of cold storages in the world with over 180 cold storages on five continents.

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Eimskipafélag Íslands hf. ( , ), trading as Eimskip ( , ), is an international shipping company with 56 offices in 20 countries and four continents; Europe, North America, South America and Asia. Eimskip specialises in worldwide freight forwarding services with focus on frozen and chilled commodities. The company also operates the passenger transport ferries Baldur and Særún. Eimskip was founded on 17 January 1914, with the issue of shares where many Icelanders became founding members and the company was called "the favourite child of the nation", in Icelandic "óskabarn þjóðarinnar". Eimskip operates seven vessels and received its newest and most environmentally friendly vessels in 2020, Dettifoss and Brúarfoss, which sail in collaboration with the Greenlandic shipping company Royal Arctic Line between Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Scandinavia. Also, Eimskip operates 42 warehouses and cold storages in North America, Europe, and Asia. And was once the biggest owner of cold storages in the world with over 180 cold storages on five continents.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1914-01-17 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of foundation: 1914 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. population: 14,000 people — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1914-01-17". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1914". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the population is "14,000 people". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373897860

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.