---
title: "VIKING SHIPPING SERVICES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/999dbb88-4e1a-5290-9ace-1f22ccfb58d5
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/999dbb88-4e1a-5290-9ace-1f22ccfb58d5
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02452183
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# VIKING SHIPPING SERVICES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02452183`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/999dbb88-4e1a-5290-9ace-1f22ccfb58d5  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/999dbb88-4e1a-5290-9ace-1f22ccfb58d5  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **STAR CARGO PLC** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2f403c64-0f0e-5089-b4db-59df264b1419

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **4-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02452183`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1989-12-13
- **Registered office:** Star Cargo House 1 Parkway, Porters Wood, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6PA
- **SIC:** 49410, 52103

### Officers

- HODGKINSON, Alexander Robert Russell — secretary · appointed 2016-09-01
- CALDWELL, Alistair James — director · British · appointed 2014-02-03
- HODGKINSON, Alexander Robert Russell — director · British · appointed 2016-09-01
- JAMES, John Gwynne — director · British
- JAMES, Thomas Gwynne — director · British · appointed 2003-06-26
- PARR, Christopher Michael — director · British · appointed 2023-03-01
- EDGELL, Richard John — secretary · British · appointed 1993-05-28 · resigned 2016-09-01
- ROPER, Stephen Dawson — secretary · British · resigned 1993-05-28
- CLARKE, Laurence Seymour — director · British · appointed 2012-07-20 · resigned 2014-01-13
- COFFEY, Alan Joseph — director · British · resigned 2000-12-14
- EDGELL, Richard John — director · British · appointed 1993-05-28 · resigned 2017-11-28
- PICKERING, Graeme — director · British · appointed 2010-09-09 · resigned 2023-02-28
- ROPER, Stephen Dawson — director · British · appointed 1992-01-15 · resigned 1993-05-28

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Star Cargo Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2f403c64-0f0e-5089-b4db-59df264b1419) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02452183
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02452183

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **VIKING SHIPPING SERVICES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/999dbb88-4e1a-5290-9ace-1f22ccfb58d5 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **VIKING SHIPPING SERVICES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/999dbb88-4e1a-5290-9ace-1f22ccfb58d5 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/999dbb88-4e1a-5290-9ace-1f22ccfb58d5._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._