Elder Dempster & Company is a shipping services group originally established in England in 1868 as a liner company running be ... tween the UK and West Africa and which, more recently operated as a subsidiary of Eastern Overseas Shipholdings Limited (E.O.S.L.) and Eastern International Investments Trust, until a takeover/acquisition and subsequent restructuring funded with private equity facilitated by European investors. In 2015 the company oversaw the acquisition of Global Express Logistics PTE in Singapore, rebranding it as Elder Dempster Lines(s) PTE Ltd which today manages chemical tankers and product tankers trading within the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region. read more