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Svitzer Names Jonasson Managing Director for Scandinavia & Germany

Aug 30, 2021

Maersk's towage arm Svitzer announced Mathias Jonasson has been appointed as managing director of its Scandinavia and Germany cluster, effective September 1.Jonasson, who will report to Svitzer Europe’s managing director Lise Demant, has a background…

Germany to Propose Beirut Port Reconstruction with 'Strings Attached'

Apr 02, 2021

Germany will next week present a multi-billion-dollar proposal to Lebanese authorities to rebuild the Port of Beirut as part of efforts to entice the country’s politicians to form a government capable of warding off financial collapse, two sources said…

GAC Opens Hamburg Office

Jan 04, 2021

The GAC Group said Monday it has opened a new office just north of Hamburg to provide support for some of the 14,000+ vessels that call at German ports every year.Headed by Thies Holm, GAC Germany will offer ship agency, husbandry, bunker fuels…

Rhine Water Level Rises, Too Shallow in North for Full Shipping

Dec 10, 2020

Low water levels after dry weather in the past month continue to prevent cargo vessels from sailing fully loaded on the river Rhine in Germany, traders said on Thursday.Low water is hampering shipping throughout the river, especially around Cologne…

Svitzer Europe Appoints Hellström as Chief Commercial Officer

Dec 01, 2020

Svitzer Europe announced that Mattias Hellström has taken up the role of Chief Commercial Officer from December 1, 2020, reporting to Svitzer Europe’s Managing Director, Lise Demant. Hellström has more than 25 years of experience in shipping and towage…

Svitzer to Commence Operations in Emden, Germany

Oct 15, 2020

Towage operator Svitzer Europe announced it will start a new towage operation in Germany’s third-largest North Sea port from January 1, 2021.  To fully service customers at the seaport of Emden, Svitzer will deploy two tugboats: the Svitzer Valand…

Nielsen Named Managing Director of V.Ships Germany

Oct 09, 2020

Ship management company V.Group has appointed Ulla Eithz Nielsen as Managing Director for V.Ships Germany.Based in Hamburg, Nielsen joined V.Group in 2019 and previously held the role of Chief Operating Officer of Operational Excellence.Nielsen began her maritime career as a deck officer with A…

Thome Group, Carsten Rehder Form Ship Management JV

Oct 06, 2020

Singapore-base ship management firm Thome Group and German shipowner Carsten Rehder have agreed to cooperate in a joint venture to take over the ship management of the latter's owned and managed fleet of dry bulk, container and multipurpose vessels…

Germany Offered to Build LNG Terminals to Avert US Pipeline Sanctions

Sep 16, 2020

Berlin offered to spend 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) to build two liquid natural gas terminals in a bid to dissuade the United States from imposing sanctions over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, due to bring gas directly from Russia to Germany…

Konecranes Wins its Largest-ever Order for Reach Stackers

Apr 03, 2020

In March 2020, Konecranes announced it won its largest-ever reach stacker contract, from a customer in Germany. The order for 39 reach stackers was won with Konecranes’ distributor Richter Fördertechnik GmbH & Co. KG. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in Q3 2020 and run until Q1 2021…

Neste Offers LSFO in Germany

Nov 06, 2019

Finland’s oil refiner Neste Corporation has made low-sulphur fuel oil (LSFO)available in Bremerhaven, Germany in response to the upcoming IMO 2020 global regulation.Neste and the German BMT Bunker und Mineralöltransport GmbH have signed a partner…

Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering Ops Commence in Germany

Oct 04, 2019

Another milestone for the establishment of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) as marine fuel in Germany has been achieved. Nauticor successfully conducted the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation in a German port. The trailing suction hopper…

Macquarie Acquisition of German Offshore Wind Approved

Sep 26, 2019

The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH & Co. KG by Sage Holdings, ultimately indirectly controlled by Macquarie Group Limited.Ocean Breeze Energy is the owner of North Sea wind farm BARD Offshore 1, from Unicredit…

TGP Group Expands Management Board

Sep 04, 2019

Trans Global Projects Group (TGP), an international project logistics specialist headquartered in England, has appointed Martin Ollmann as an additional Managing Director for its German entities Trans Global Projects GmbH and Natco GmbH. Ollmann…

MSC Germany Appoints Nils Kahn as MD

Sep 02, 2019

The global container shipping  MSC Germany S.A. & Co. KG is reallocating the responsibilities at the top of the company.Accoridng to  a press release the current Deputy Managing Director Nils Kahn, will take the lead for the German market as of 1st September 2019…

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