Hamburg Süd GROUP | Hamburg Süd

Dr. Arnt Vespermann

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hamburg Süd

Hamburg Süd – Our promise

The focus is on our customers’ needs. The Hamburg Süd brand represents quality, reliability, and flexibility, in addition to providing a specific service offering with outstanding local expertise and personal contacts in over 250 offices worldwide.

People. Passion. Performance.

The Hamburg Süd Group stands for strong brands in the international logistics service sector. Since the end of 2017, Hamburg Süd has been part of Maersk – the world’s market leader in international container liner shipping. The Hamburg Süd liner shipping company has lent its name to the entire group, with operations around the world. Through its Brazilian subsidiary Aliança, Hamburg Süd is a leading shipping line serving the important South American trade lanes. Aliança is the stand-alone market leader for cabotage trade along the Brazilian coast. In the tramp sector, where ship departure times and ports of destination are oriented toward specific customer requirements, the Hamburg Süd Group operates product tankers under the name of Rudolf A. Oetker Tanker (RAO Tanker). The cargo transported consists of dry and liquid bulk goods – for example grain, coal, diesel, or plant-based oils. The Hamburg Süd Group also includes the Hamburg Süd Travel Agency with its various business activities.

Latest topics & events

New stand-alone service offered in collaboration with Maersk NEW Direct service from Asia to Turkey Intermodal network for the South of Africa Logistique

New stand-alone service offered in collaboration with Maersk

The trade between Europe and Central America, Caribbean and South America West Coast has always been a key element in Hamburg Süd’s global network of liner services. From June 2019, Hamburg Süd will be expanding and enhancing its services on this core trade in cooperation with Maersk. The new stand-alone service will provide competitive transit times and a first-class port coverage.

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NEW Direct service from Asia to Turkey

Since April 2019 Hamburg Süd offers a brand new service from Asia to the East Mediterranean – SERA 3. This dedicated corridor between Asia and Turkey counts on weekly departures from Far East main ports with the fastest transit times in the market.

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Strengthened intermodal network

We handle your transportation chain – also in the hinterland

This year we have strengthened our intermodal network in the South of Africa: As of now, Hamburg Süd offers its customers cross border transportations to the landlocked countries Botswana and Zimbabwe via truck and train as well as improved real-time tracking. Cities like Johannesburg, Pretoria, Gaborone or Harare can be reached within 1–2 days from the Port of Durban, for example.

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Logistique - Multimodal Logistics and Business Fair and Congress

August 27-29, 2019

Please visit us at:
Expoville, Joinville/SC - Brazil
Booth 20.01

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New stand-alone service offered in collaboration with Maersk

NEW Direct service from Asia to Turkey

Intermodal network for the South of Africa

Strengthened intermodal network

Logistique

Logistique - Multimodal Logistics and Business Fair and Congress

August 27-29, 2019

Please visit us at:
Expoville, Joinville/SC - Brazil
Booth 20.01

More information

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.

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.

Mariana Lara

Sales Manager

Career

With 250 offices in more than 100 countries, we are always close to our customers. I feel at home at Hamburg Süd in Brazil – I know the country, its people and the characteristic features of the market. I support my clients every day with this knowledge.

Matthias Schütt

Senior Sales Manager

Career

What has characterized my job for over 20 years at Hamburg Süd is versatility: developing optimal solutions for transporting a variety of commodities, being in constant contact with our customers, and adapting to highly diverse market conditions – this all creates an exciting and varied daily workflow.

Michaela Steineker

Global Reefer Manager

Career

It is unusual that I as a food chemist work at a shipping company. At the same time, it shows how important quality is to Hamburg Süd. Quality and knowledge about the commodities play a decisive role, especially for the transport of temperature-controlled goods.

Laura Kortenbruck

Dual work-study student

Career

The dual study program at Hamburg Süd is the perfect training program for me. It offers multi-faceted insight into an international company, and the combination of theory and practice ensures ample variety.

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.

2019-05-20

Hamburg Süd christens “Polar Ecuador” in Antwerp

Hamburg/Antwerp, May 20, 2019. Hamburg Süd christened the “Polar Ecuador” container ship today in Antwerp. The sponsor of the “Polar Ecuador” is Sonia Van de Vyvere, wife of

2019-05-17

Hamburg Süd strengthens its product portfolio on the Europe–Central America, Caribbean and South America West Coast trade

Hamburg, May 17, 2019. The trade between Europe and Central America, Caribbean and South America West Coast has always been a key element in Hamburg Süd’s global network of liner

2019-04-29

Hamburg Süd christens “Polar Mexico” in Veracruz

Hamburg/Veracruz, April 29, 2019. Hamburg Süd christened the “Polar Mexico” container ship in the Mexican port of Veracruz on the weekend. The sponsor of the “Polar Mexico” is

2019-04-23

Hamburg Süd and International Maritime Museum to launch collaboration

Hamburg, April 23, 2019. Hamburg Süd and the International Maritime Museum Hamburg (IMMH) have signed an agreement to catalogue and display the historical collection of the

2019-04-01

Hamburg Süd and The China Navigation Company (CNCo) have closed the sale of Hamburg Süd’s dry bulk subsidiaries to CNCo

Hamburg/Singapore, April 1, 2019. Hamburg Süd and The China Navigation Company (CNCo), a subsidiary of the Swire Group, have today completed the sale of Hamburg Süd’s dry bulk

2019-02-06

Fruit Logistica 2019: Hamburg Süd presents Remote Container Management

Hamburg, February 6, 2019. Hamburg Süd will be presenting its future use of Remote Container Management (RCM) in Berlin during the upcoming Fruit Logistica, the world’s most

2019-01-21

China Navigation to acquire the bulk shipping activities of Hamburg Süd

Hamburg, January 21, 2019. Hamburg Süd and The China Navigation Company (CNCo), a subsidiary of the Swire Group, today announced an agreement for CNCo to acquire the bulk

2018-11-28

Seasonal service for mangoes and grapes

Hamburg, November 28, 2018. Just in time for the forthcoming mango and grape season in South America, Hamburg Süd is resuming its weekly direct service from Peru’s Port of Paita

2018-11-22

Hamburg Süd receives prestigious Global Freight Award

Hamburg/London, November 22, 2018. Sustainable action is a matter of course for Hamburg Süd – in the interests of the environment, society and employees as well as its customers.

2018-07-10

“On a sustainable course”

Hamburg, July 10, 2018. Hamburg Süd today published its new Sustainability Report. Under the title “On a sustainable course”, the shipping company reports on more than 80 pages

2018-07-05

Hamburg Süd merchandise now available online

Hamburg, July 05, 2018. Hamburg Süd stands for quality and individual customer service with a personal touch. Fans of the shipping company – and of liner shipping in general –

2018-07-03

Hamburg Süd is “Top Ranked Carrier” for third time in a row

Hamburg, July 03, 2018. Hamburg Süd has been a reliable and efficient partner of US shippers of agricultural and forestry products for many years. For its outstanding

2018-06-12

AFLAS Awards 2018: Customers honor Hamburg Süd as “Best Shipping Line” between Asia and Europe

Hamburg/Shanghai, June 12, 2018. This year, Hamburg Süd once again numbers among the winners of the prestigious Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain (AFLAS) Awards of the

2018-05-24

Adjustments to the EMCS service between Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and North Europe

Hamburg, May 24, 2018. Hamburg Süd is revising the sequence of ports in its EMCS service between Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and North Europe. Beginning in June,

2018-04-04

Switching fuels for cleaner air

Hamburg, April 4, 2018. Hamburg Süd and its Swedish customer Electrolux are teaming up to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions in ports. During its layovers in Manzanillo (Mexico),

2018-03-19

Improved Asia – Europe/Mediterranean network

Hamburg, March 19, 2018. Since February 2017, Hamburg Süd, through its partnership with 2M, has been able to offer its customers access to the world’s most comprehensive Asia –

2018-03-09

Optimal transportation chain from door to door

Hamburg/São Paulo, March 9, 2018. Intermodal transportation goes beyond the mere maritime transportation by developing an optimal door-to-door transportation chain and organizing

2018-02-22

8,000 new containers in Hamburg Süd colors

More than 8,000 brand new containers with the distinctive red exterior paint and white lettering Hamburg Süd have been delivered by the container factory of Maersk Container

2018-01-31

Hamburg Süd to launch new services between West Coast South and Central America and Asia

Beginning in April, Hamburg Süd is launching a new service network between Asia and South America West Coast, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Concealed behind the

2018-01-16

Hamburg Süd honored twice for sustainability

Hamburg, January 16, 2018. Hamburg Süd has once again been honored by two independent organizations for its sustainability management. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) awarded

2018-01-12

Change in communications leadership at Hamburg Süd

After 38 years in the Oetker Group, including almost 25 years at Hamburg Süd, Eva Graumann, Global Head of Corporate Communications at Hamburg Süd, will be handing over

2017-12-01

Hamburg Süd remains Hamburg Süd

Hamburg, December 1, 2017. With yesterday’s closing, the Hamburg Süd Group is now part of the Danish company Maersk Line and thus a subsidiary of the world’s market leader in

2017-10-18

Fresh fruit for the USA: Seasonal service gets underway

Hamburg, October 18, 2017. Just in time for the main mango and grape season in South America, Hamburg Süd is launching a weekly, direct service from Peru’s Port of Paita to

2017-09-13

Hamburg Süd with new Internet presence

Hamburg, September 13, 2017. The Internet sites of the Hamburg Süd Group, the Hamburg Süd Line, and the Brazilian subsidiary Aliança are showcasing themselves in a new design.

2017-09-04

Hamburg Süd at Asia Fruit Logistica

Hamburg, September 4, 2017. Hamburg Süd is represented again this year at Asia Fruit Logistica in Hong Kong from September 6 to 8. The shipping group is showcasing a variety of

2017-08-11

Hamburg Süd publishes global newsletter

Hamburg, August 11, 2017. Current developments, new services or product innovations – as of now, Hamburg Süd is offering customers and other interested parties the option of

2017-07-31

50 years of the Marine Training Centre Tarawa

Hamburg, July 31, 2017. End of July around 200 guests celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Marine Training Centre (MTC) on the Kiribati island of Tarawa in the South Pacific.

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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People. Passion. Performance.

Latest topics & events

New stand-alone service offered in collaboration with Maersk

NEW Direct service from Asia to Turkey

Strengthened intermodal network

Logistique - Multimodal Logistics and Business Fair and Congress

New stand-alone service offered in collaboration with Maersk

NEW Direct service from Asia to Turkey

Strengthened intermodal network

Logistique - Multimodal Logistics and Business Fair and Congress

Sustainability: setting standards

Career: people at Hamburg Süd

Press & Media: always informed

Hamburg Süd christens “Polar Ecuador” in Antwerp

Hamburg Süd strengthens its product portfolio on the Europe–Central America, Caribbean and South America West Coast trade

Hamburg Süd christens “Polar Mexico” in Veracruz

Hamburg Süd and International Maritime Museum to launch collaboration

Hamburg Süd and The China Navigation Company (CNCo) have closed the sale of Hamburg Süd’s dry bulk subsidiaries to CNCo

Fruit Logistica 2019: Hamburg Süd presents Remote Container Management

China Navigation to acquire the bulk shipping activities of Hamburg Süd

Seasonal service for mangoes and grapes

Hamburg Süd receives prestigious Global Freight Award

“On a sustainable course”

Hamburg Süd merchandise now available online

Hamburg Süd is “Top Ranked Carrier” for third time in a row

AFLAS Awards 2018: Customers honor Hamburg Süd as “Best Shipping Line” between Asia and Europe

Adjustments to the EMCS service between Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and North Europe

Switching fuels for cleaner air

Improved Asia – Europe/Mediterranean network

Optimal transportation chain from door to door

8,000 new containers in Hamburg Süd colors

Hamburg Süd to launch new services between West Coast South and Central America and Asia

Hamburg Süd honored twice for sustainability

Change in communications leadership at Hamburg Süd

Hamburg Süd remains Hamburg Süd

Fresh fruit for the USA: Seasonal service gets underway

Hamburg Süd with new Internet presence

Hamburg Süd at Asia Fruit Logistica

Hamburg Süd publishes global newsletter

50 years of the Marine Training Centre Tarawa

Hamburg Süd is “Best Green Shipping Line”

Hamburg Süd receives Volkswagen Group Award

Hamburg Süd is “Top Ranked Carrier 2017”

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

Press Release of Dr. August Oetker KG

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

Signing of Sale and Purchase Agreement

Together for more sustainability

Improved East–West services launching in April 2017

Hamburg Süd office opened in Dubai

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

Enhanced service offering for fresh fruit carryings

Oetker Group divesting the shipping division

Deutsche Schiffahrts-Agentur opens office in Munich

Hamburg Süd receives gold rating from EcoVadis

Hamburg Süd is Ocean Supplier of the Year

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

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

“Setting standards and acting sustainably“

Hamburg Süd 2015: Significant growth in a challenging year

Hamburg Süd proves its reefer expertise once again

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