Hamburg Süd Group | Hamburg Süd

People. Passion. Performance.

The Hamburg Süd Group represents powerful brands in the international logistics services industry. The entire Group is named after the container liner shipping company Hamburg Süd, which is globally active. Together with its Brazilian subsidiary Aliança, it is one of the leading ocean carriers in the traditionally significant South American market. Aliança is by far the market leader for cabotage along the Brazilian coastline. The Group is also active in transportation from the west coast of South America under the name Compañía Chilena de Navegación Interoceánica (CCNI). In tramp shipping, the Hamburg Süd Group operates bulk carriers and product tankers under the names Rudolf A. Oetker (RAO), Furness Withy Chartering, and Aliança Bulk (Aliabulk). In addition, the Hamburg Süd Group includes Columbus Shipmanagement GmbH (CSG), which handles the technical management and new construction of Group-owned liners as well as the crewing, and Hamburg Süd Reiseagentur, a travel agency with numerous divisions.

Sustainability: setting standards

We see sustainability as an indispensable part of our corporate philosophy, which means that sustainable conduct is a given for Hamburg Süd – at every level.

Career: people at Hamburg Süd

A total of 6,300 employees work at Hamburg Süd – on land and at sea. We offer exciting fields of work for trainees and apprentices, career starters and seasoned professionals, and managers.

Uwe Köhler

Captain

Career

“Traveling the seas is more than an occupation – it’s a vocation. Hamburg Süd offers me a job with fascinating prospects where I work with state-of-the-art technology.”

Tracey Rank

Senior Manager

Career

“An international environment, excellent opportunities for development, and challenging tasks: This is a place where I can steer my career in the direction I want.”

Jannis Holsten

Dual work–study student

Career

“I found the shipping agent apprenticeship to be a great start for a professional career: exciting topics, seasoned trainers, and lots of opportunities to get involved.”

Press & media: always informed

On our Press pages, you’ll find the latest reports, photos, and film material, along with current Hamburg Süd Group publications.

2017-07-06

Hamburg Süd is “Best Green Shipping Line”

Hamburg/ Singapore, July 6, 2017. Hamburg Süd has received the Best Green Shipping Line award for the fifth time in six years. In Singapore on June 29 the award was presented

2017-07-05

Hamburg Süd receives Volkswagen Group Award

Hamburg, July 5, 2017. Hamburg Süd has been awarded the Volkswagen Group Award 2017. With this award, the largest automotive corporation in the world honors its best suppliers,

2017-07-04

Hamburg Süd is “Top Ranked Carrier 2017”

Hamburg, July 4, 2017. Hamburg Süd has been honored as “Top Ranked Carrier” for the second successive year by the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC), the largest

2017-06-21

Hamburg Süd reefer equipment meets the GDP guidelines for the transportation of pharmaceutical products

Hamburg, June 21, 2017. The transportation of pharmaceutical products in reefer equipment is subject to the particularly strict guidelines of the Good Distribution Practice (GDP)

2017-04-28

Press Release of Dr. August Oetker KG

The shareholders and Advisory Board of Dr. August Oetker KG have approved the Sale and Purchase Agreement made between Dr. August Oetker KG and Maersk Line A/S on the sale of

2017-04-05

Hamburg Süd is one of the most reliable shipping companies in the world

Hamburg, April 5, 2017. Hamburg Süd takes first place in the SeaIntel Global Liner Performance Report for the month of February 2017 in the category Schedule Reliability for the

2017-03-14

Signing of Sale and Purchase Agreement

Signing of Sale and Purchase Agreement made between Maersk Line A/S and Dr. August Oetker KG on the sale of Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft KG (Hamburg

2017-03-10

Together for more sustainability

Hamburg/Iquique, March 10, 2017. Hamburg Süd and its Swedish customer Electrolux have launched a joint pilot project to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions in the Port of Iquique in

2017-02-15

Improved East–West services launching in April 2017

Hamburg, February 15, 2017. Thanks to a slot charter agreement with Maersk Line, Hamburg Süd will be offering an improved service in the East–West trades in the future. In a

2017-02-08

Hamburg Süd office opened in Dubai

Hamburg, February 8, 2017. Hamburg Süd has opened its first proprietary agency in the Middle East. On February 1st Hamburg Süd Shipping LLC commenced operations in Dubai (United

2017-02-06

Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd enter slot purchase agreement on the East–West trades

Hamburg, February 6, 2017. Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd are announcing a slot purchase agreement for Hamburg Süd’s volumes on the East–West trades to be shipped on vessels in the

2017-02-02

Enhanced service offering for fresh fruit carryings

Hamburg/Berlin, February 2, 2017. As of now, Hamburg Süd is offering its customers a new service profile for the SAWC Service between South America West Coast, Central America,

2016-12-01

Oetker Group divesting the shipping division

Dr. August Oetker KG announces that, after more than 80 years, it is divesting its shipping business and will be selling Hamburg Süd with all activities, subsidiaries and

2016-11-15

Deutsche Schiffahrts-Agentur opens office in Munich

Hamburg/Munich, November 15, 2016. The Deutsche Schiffahrts-Agentur (DSA) has been operating an office in Munich since October 2016, meaning it is now represented in four German

2016-09-23

Hamburg Süd receives gold rating from EcoVadis

Hamburg, September 23, 2016. Hamburg Süd has been awarded gold, the highest-possible recognition level, for its evaluation completed in July 2016 by the supply chain

2016-09-21

Hamburg Süd is Ocean Supplier of the Year

Hamburg/Hoofddorp, September 21, 2016. In August 2016, CEVA Logistics honored Hamburg Süd with the Ocean Supplier of the Year award for 2015. CEVA is one of the world’s leading

2016-07-04

Ocean Carrier Performance Awards: Hamburg Süd honored as Top Ranked Carrier 2016

Hamburg Süd has been named Top Ranked Carrier 2016 by the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC) on the basis of the annual AgTC Ocean Carrier Performance Survey. In the

2016-06-20

AFLAS Awards 2016: Hamburg Süd receives award for its Asia – Europe Service

Hamburg/Shanghai, June 20, 2016. Within the framework of the Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain (AFLAS) Awards 2016, handed out by the trade paper Asia Cargo News, Hamburg

2016-05-18

“Setting standards and acting sustainably“

Hamburg, May 18, 2016. Today, Hamburg Süd is the world’s first container shipping lines to publish its Sustainability Report in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative

2016-04-20

Hamburg Süd 2015: Significant growth in a challenging year

Development of Hamburg Süd In an environment characterized by strong fluctuations, the Hamburg Süd Group succeeded in significantly increasing its total turnover by 16.8

2016-02-01

Hamburg Süd proves its reefer expertise once again

Hamburg/Berlin, February 1, 2016. Hamburg Süd shipping company will once again prove its expertise in the transportation of fresh produce at this year’s Fruit Logistica trade

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