Veli-Ragnar Nordström founded with Sea Containers of UK 1966 Containerships Oyj. Ships were CONTAINERSHIPS I -> CONTAINERSHIPS VIII. Most of the ships traded under West-German/German flag. CONTAINERSHIPS II and CONTAINERSHIPS VII sailed under Finnish flag.
The company built container terminal in Kronstadt, Russia and there owned a tug named LITKE, ex EMIL.
Two years earlier Veli-Ragnar Nordström founded AA-Lines that carried containers Köpenhamn - Helsinki. Also to West-Germany?
The Nordström family sold 2018 Containerships Oy to French shipping company CMA CGM.
The Nordström family also owned Meri Shipping and the KATRINA, the first containership under Finnish flag.