Business divisions
Chartering
Competition in the global charter market is very fierce. A fundamental prerequisite for successful chartering out in this market is ships of a high technical quality that can be used universally. Besides the quality of the tonnage, an acknowledged quality of service and the personal competence of the suppliers of charter tonnage as well as the most exact knowledge of the market make a crucial contribution to high customer satisfaction. To realistically visualise future developments and to use these as a basis for their own decisions is one of the most important tasks of the chartering team. The company responsible for chartering out the Hansa Mare fleet is Hanseatic Lloyd Chartering GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg .
Fleet management
To maintain the value of the tonnage and to ensure the permanent operational capability of the vessels, intensive technical support for the fleet, planning of maintenance and efficient spare parts logistics are absolutely essential. Apart from the daily fleet management work, the tasks involved include wide-ranging classification activities and formalities related to the flag state within the framework of the certification procedures as well as systematic safety, quality and environmental management.
Crewing
Ship operation only ever functions as good as its crew – therefore we invest a great deal of time and know-how in selecting, training and planning the deployment and composition of the international crews on our ships. Approx. 600 seamen are employed on the vessels in our fleet and we support these in collaboration with international crewing agencies.
Investor support
As an experienced shipping company, the Hansa Mare Reederei concentrates exclusively on the ship as a capital investment vehicle. Since the first ship was put into service in 1993, the Hansa Mare Reederei has steadily built up its fleet of modern container vessels ranging from 1,016 to 4,038 TEU. At the end of the year 2000, the fleet had grown to 20 ships with a total container carrying capacity of 56,873 TEU. A large part of the more than 3,700 private and institutional investors have repeatedly invested in our vessels. By the end of 2000, we at Hansa Mare were able to place almost EUR 391 million of shareholders' equity capital in the German investment market. In this context, substantial equity holdings of the shipping company itself document the high consensus of interests between the investors and the initiators of the vessels.
