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Knowledge is our biggest asset. We boast one of the highest employee experience totals in the nation, with many of the most well-known and respected agents in the industry.
We are a young company with a clear mission: we want to give startups, entrepreneurs, freelancers, and road warriors a better option than working out of their lonely living rooms or at unproductive coffee shops. We are inspired to rescue small companies and creative agencies from soulless office spaces and executive suites.
Read MoreOur team aims to achieve brilliance in the commercial real estate field by delivering the most comprehensive, innovative, and cost effective solutions. By providing a complete suite of Commercial Property Management solutions, we strive to set new benchmarks on which the Real Estate Industry would be evaluated.
Read MoreWe began this year with a celebration of our 20 years in business, a milestone that is particularly significant for our company. We ended the year strongly with an increased number of rented office spaces and other properties in comparison with the previous year. We also opened new coworking centers and meeting lounges in California.
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06Jesse, Thank You for your service on this Veterans Day.
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Wishing all a Happy Holiday season and a prosperous New Year! From Gensteam Mill Valley, CA. Photo(s) provided by Evan Jones 15-Dec-2019.
General Steamship Corp Baseball Team ‘Steamship League’ – 1925 San Francisco, CA. Back row L to R: G.Schirmer, H.Jeans, W.Clark, A.Malm. Center Row L to R: E.Reynolds, L.Cloud, J.Fautz. Front Row L to R: E.Mullen, J.Schirmer, C.Reali, F.Reeves.
Harry S. Scott was President of General Steamship from 1920-1953 (pictured bottom right). His Majesty King Haakon VII of Norway promoted him to “Commander of the Royal Order of St. Olav” at this Bohemian Club dinner in 1955. Photo provided by Lisa Breaux.
Pan American China Clipper flies over San Francisco harbor, circa 1935. General Steamship pier and shed are seen below right of aircraft. (photo by Clyde Sunderland, courtesy of Tor Welch).
Gensteam Seattle circa 1930. If you look closely, you can see our very own Doug Coburn, about 100 years ago, standing in front of the original Gensteam office. Doug hasn’t aged a day! Photo(s) provided by Evan Jones on 2019-09-11.
Houston office enjoying the Harbor Offshore Christmas Party at Top Golf! Photo(s) provided by David Mooty on 2018-12-26.
Wishing Luke Hasenbank a Happy Birthday! Photo(s) provided by Brittney Kennington on 2019-10-17.
The New Orleans office pictured on Glenn Avilez’s last day before retiring. Thank you Glenn for your years of dedicated service! Photo(s) provided by Robert Toups on 2017-04-28.
Today Pier 39 is a year-round festival marketplace within a five-acre waterfront park and marina. Prior to its current use, it was home for many years to General Steamship Corporation. This is a look at Pier 39 in 1920. (San Francisco Maritime National Park Library).
Photo taken February 5, 1948 with General Steamship Corporation LTD., as agents. The Saudi Arabian flag flew aboard the “M/S Al-Akeek” and “M/S Azzihir” purchased by “Arabian Economy and Thrift Co. of Mecca”. This photo was taken by Will Hays of Wilmington, California.
General Steamship/Transatlantic Shipping Inspection Tour – LA Berth 230 – early 1940’s.
General Steamship Corp Wilmington, CA office pictured. Circa 1940. Photo(s) provided by Evan Jones on 2019-03-27.
Photo taken of the maiden voyage of the “Rt. Hon. Paul E. Martin” in Sechelt B.C on October 21, 2012. Photo provided by Garth Mitcham, CSL Americas. – Sechelt, British Columbia.
Capt. Zhang and his 20-member crew were welcomed to Vancouver by representatives from EVRAZ North America, Jones Stevedoring, General Steamship, Allports Forwarding Inc. and the Port of Vancouver USA. Photo(s) provided by Evan Jones on 2018-05-01.
Bob Arts in Dutch Harbor Alaska… Photo provided by Dan Blackmore, Alaska Maritime – Anchorage – 08/03/16.
A company plaque was presented to the master of the 60,826 MT DWT m/v “DIVINEGATE” on April 8, 2019 to commemorate the vessel’s maiden voyage call at Columbia Export Terminal, Portland, Oregon. The vessel loaded 58,357 MTs of wheat for Kohsichang Thailand. Photo(s) provided by Chris Cummins on 2019-05-29.
Joseph Tabisola Rocking The Holidays in Lynnwood, WA. Photo(s) provided by Jim Lee on 2017-12-15.
Aerial view of the “Balto” unloading sand aggregate at anchorage #9 in the San Francisco Bay on its maiden voyage from Canada. The vessel is owned by Torvald Klaveness Ship Management and operated by CSL International. All Photos provided by Tom Paiva, Tom Paiva Photography, 5/1/13.
From left to right: Elaine Marshall (Marathon), Joseph Tabisola (Gensteam), Amber Menden (Marathon), Evan Jones (Gensteam) at the Marathon annual charity golf tournament in San Antonio, Texas.
A Great Horned Owl accidentally joined the MT American Endurance in Seattle. After being secured on board, he arrived safely in Long Beach and was greeted by the department of fish and wildlife and our agent Carl Clemo. Photo(s) provided by Chris Koutsoyanopulos on 2019-04-19.
C.S. Olive loaded Usibelli coal over a five day period in Seward, AK for delivery to Kawasaki, Japan. All photos and text provided by Bryan Aurand, Alaska Maritime Agencies – Anchorage, AK – 9/24/15 .
Tanker Nord Innovation discharging jet fuel at the port of Anchorage, Alaska. Photo(s) provided by Bryan Aurand on 2016-11-09.
The king of wind power! Photo provided by Russell V Lyzell, General Steamship Corp. – Portland Oregon
Spectacular Aurora taken from the deck of the M/T American Endurance. This vessel was time chartered out to Marathon Petroleum, calling on Valdez, Alaska. Photo Credit: Joe Martin (SWAPA President). Photo(s) provided by Tom Rueter on 2021-01-29.
Houston Branch outing at Houston Axe Throwing for the holidays. Photo(s) provided by D’Yani Cox on 2019-12-18.
Old ship agents never die, they just sail away. Congrats and thank you to Jim Lee for your decades of dedicated service. You will be missed dearly! Photo(s) provided by Jim Lee on 2019-02-06.
2020 marked our 100th year of service. Although we could not celebrate in person due to COVID, we created this video to celebrate the occasion instead, and to honor our frontline workers who helped get us through this extraordinary year.
We would also like to thank all of our loyal customers for seeing us through to this incredible milestone. 100 years would not have been possible without your support. Thank you.
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Albus, dexter particulas grauiter consumere de ferox, bi-color abactus. Impositios studere, tanquam mirabilis hippotoxota. Cur torus manducare? Pol, vox! Cum barcas nocere, omnes specieses contactus
Lotus advenas ducunt ad gemna. Ubi est domesticus domina? Heu, barbatus mens! Cum elogium favere, omnes lubaes tractare talis, barbatus adiuratores. Mirabilis hydras ducunt ad danista. Dominas sunt accentors de germanus cacula. Amicitias prarere in alta muta! Ecce, bubo! Nunquam promissio verpa. Talis, primus fugas recte consumere de audax, festus indictio. Nunquam quaestio scutum. Valebats
Albus, dexter particulas grauiter consumere de ferox, bi-color abactus. Impositios studere, tanquam mirabilis hippotoxota. Cur torus manducare? Pol, vox! Cum barcas nocere, omnes specieses contactus
Lotus advenas ducunt ad gemna. Ubi est domesticus domina? Heu, barbatus mens! Cum elogium favere, omnes lubaes tractare talis, barbatus adiuratores. Mirabilis hydras ducunt ad danista. Dominas sunt accentors de germanus cacula. Amicitias prarere in alta muta! Ecce, bubo! Nunquam promissio verpa. Talis, primus fugas recte consumere de audax, festus indictio. Nunquam quaestio scutum. Valebats
"I wanted to be sure and make it a point to share this unsolicited, outstanding compliment and thank General Steamship and Dylan for all that you continue to do for Koch's ammonia program. We are ALWAYS well served by your attention to detail and continuous, proactive, problem-solving, top-notch service. Your dedication, passion and professionalism is very much appreciated!"
01"You and your agency have once again proved what a great relationship and trust has been developed over many years. I always know all I have to do is ask when we need something and you all would take care of it. It's been an extremely successful year for us with these two ships in Portland. Always a pleasure working with you & your offices."
02"Please be informed I am safely back in Germany. I want to say thank you very much for your great assistance before, during and after my visit at Astoria. Compared to other agencies and ports in US - it was my best experience made with you and your agency. Hope we can work together again when I'm in the area."
03"Thank you very much for all of your assistance during this situation. Your information has been very helpful and crucial to helping us make this decision and we definitely appreciate all of your help."
04"Please note that everything went well with (name removed) and the new B/Ls were accepted without issue. I would like to extend my thanks to everyone who had a part in this 'rescue mission' in your organization and beyond, for all their assistance and kind cooperation. I especially appreciated the constant follow-up throughout the process and the fantastic team work. Thank you!"
05"As a side note, Matt and General Steamship have provided some of the best support we have ever had in an agency. The communications, response and the ability to reach out to various local sources and make things happen is commendable. We hope to continue working with you on future missions."
06"Please let me express my sincere appreciation for the good job you are your whole team was doing with our vessel at Longview. It was certainly not easy for all of us with the decisions going back and forth but we managed to circumvent these issues with very good communication and coordination. I am looking forward to the same good performance at San Diego now."
07"Just wanted to extend my thanks once again for all your assistance on this difficult port call. The communication was excellent and appreciate your availability to speak frequently. You are very much appreciated!"
08"Your good company have been evaluated excellent score from all of our operation teams. You have provided the satisfied service to us, and you have shown such high-qualified service for many years and we regard you as the most favorable and excellent agency. Thank you very much for your continuous cooperation."
09"I would like to extend my gratitude and thank you for your good efforts and agency work. Indeed by loading (details removed) we practically fulfilled our interests and appreciate you for keeping me well informed thru the loading process. Thank you!"
10"Please note I am unable to stop myself to ink some lines in your honor due to your remarkable and extreme professionalism shown during subject vessel correspondence and dealings. In short, I will say you are a real assist for the company and it really was a pleasure working with you."
11"I just wanted to drop you a line and say how impressed I have been with the agent in charge of this vessel; Carol. This ship has been headache after headache and Carol has at all times been friendly and professional. Carol kept an even head, kept the pressure on, picked up and delivered last minute materials and got the vessel out. I think she deserves some recognition for her exemplary work."
12"Wanted to thank you and your team for an amazingly smooth operation on our vessel. Was a bit apprehensive about this new move with so many unknowns but couldn’t have been more impressed with the communication and professionalism. Hopefully I’ll be able to get up there to see the next one myself."
13"Thank you for your timely report. Our sincere thanks to everyone at General Steamship for their support to Sumitomo for this vessel."
14"I have to say I am very impressed with the efforts made by your company in all 3 offices now during the holiday season. This shows that Klaveness have a trusted and very competent partner in your good company which we will remember in the future. "
15"Well done all for getting this organized and sorted quickly with reduced delay and disruption. It was particularly important to get this cargo off here in the river to minimize impact for the next loading. Thanks for your efforts, particularly Gensteam in bringing it all together."
16"Thank you for coming to see us in your busy schedule and thanks for inviting us to lunch today. We appreciate your hard work for the last two shipments and especially for the (details removed) incident."
17"Again, on behalf of the officers and crew of the Overseas (name removed), I would like to thank you for your support during our stay in GOLA. Previous endeavor would not be as smooth as it turned out without your assistance. Thank you very much and look forward to working with you again in the future."
18"I want to thank you for your professionalism and consistently good and hard work with Evergreen, especially on (name removed) recent case. It continues to be a pleasure to work with you. Again, thanks."
19"I wanted to drop a line and say 'thanks' for all of Gensteam's efforts this year. You continue to provide superior service and value, and we are very pleased to continue to have you all as partners."
20"Following the vessel's last call to Antioch a week ago, I would like to express my thanks to you and all involved. We appreciate how Gensteam supports strongly our ships on routine daily basis and when something happens. All activities for the job on the generator arranged great from your side! Thanks a lot!"
21"Good evening David, All well noted here with thanks. We greatly appreciate this kind of high level of expertise you guys have repeatedly shown over our long working relationship. Lunch is absolutely on me next time I’m in town."
22"Good Day, thank you for sorting out the matter with the port on our behalf. Your attention and efforts are well appreciated."
23"I want all to know that I very much appreciated your knowing professionalism and attitude in dealing with a unique situation. I wish everyone was as personable, hard-working and trustworthy as yourself...We have known and recommended Gensteam for a long time - I now know why, and will never look at anyone else on that coast!"
24"Thanks for all your awesome work during out port stay. Gensteam Seattle sets the bar high for service and support. Much appreciated."
25"Duly rcvd the dep report with thanks. Thank you for your cooperation for this voyage, especially the union issue that could have delayed the vsls schdl. Your information to us and specific instructions to the vsl were of great assistance. Looking forward to working with you again."
26"Very TOP service, please keep like this, thank you."
27"Dear all, would really like to thank you for the good services provided. First time I met such a well organized agent. Please pass my thanks to Joseph Tabisola."
28"Thanks for the excellent attendance on this vessel. Please provide copy of full set of cargo docs soonest they become available."
29"On behalf of Captain (name removed), the officers and crew, we would like to thank you for all the great service that we received during our stay in the port of San Francisco. We would like to thank you especially for the assisting and off loading of the show equipment. Gensteam always goes above and beyond to assist. Thank you."
30"We would thank you for all the assistance provided during the recent port call of Anchorage , Alaska. Special thanks to Brittney, who is such an enterprising representative of your organisation; she was proactive and diligent in all vessel’s requirement or queries. Many thanks to her."
31"First off, the local Agent was on top of her game the entire time we were under her care. As this was my first time into Anchorage, she was able to put my mind at ease on certain matters in the upcoming operation. Good communications all through out our port call. I give high marks to Ms. McGinnis."
32"Just a quick note to say thank you very much for the excellent service provided whilst our good lady called Alaska, you acted over and above with the whole Master crew change scenario."
33"Hello Tom, I wish to commend you for an outstanding job done to help find best solutions on this very challenging assignment. I cannot remember a single instance where you did not do your best or achieve the best possible result...
Communications were always prompt and information accurate. I look forward to working with you again when the need arises."
"Your team is awesome on West Coast and really appreciate everything they do!"
35"Hope all goes well on your side these days. I've got to say, Gensteam Agents up and down the coast consistently do a great job for us. Really appreciate all the support."
36"The level of support is second to none! I cannot imagine how the past and current shipment would have gone had your team not stepped in and resolved the issues at hand. We can really feel the dedication shining through all departments and it is extremely assuring to know we are in good hands. Thank you team Gensteam for your commitment and support."
37"Dear Thomas, good day. Thank you for SOF handing over. We would like to express our gratitude to your renowned company for such a good job on the recent call to Port Arthur. Thank you for your team’s professionalism, commitment, permanent cooperation, support, and friendly manners during this call. We are looking forward to the next employment. Wishing you, your team, and your loved one’s good health and safety."
38"I wanted to reach out take time to recognize Duane Deen for his outstanding initiative in helping CBP rollout the VECS pilot program. The DIS guide he developed has been a major asset that I’ve been able to pass along to the trade industry. Furthermore, I cannot overstate how beneficial it has been to have Duane offer input to help CBP’s VECS rollout succeed. Mr. Deen’s initiative and willingness to aid both CBP and the Trade industry is something that Gen. Steamship can be proud of."
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