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Hapag-Lloyd capital increase

News1 Oct 2017

Hapag-Lloyd will now conduct a capital increase following the merger with UASC, as announced during the lines' merger proceedings in May...

News17 May 2017

On the back of higher volumes, Hapag-Lloyd finished the first three months of the current financial year with a positive operating result, i...

News12 Mar 2017

The Lower Rhine in Germany is to be deepened between Duisburg and Stürzelberg by up to 30cms to improve navigation during low tides. There ...

News22 Feb 2017

Eurogate has announced that six more lines will call at its Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven concession from April 2017...

News1 Dec 2016

The Oetker family has issued a statement in German confirming that it intends to sell Hamburg Süd to Maersk Line...

News14 Nov 2016

Hapag-Lloyd closed Q3 2016 with a net profit of €8.2m (previous year €3.2M) and an EBIT of €65.6M (previous year €80.9M)...

News27 Aug 2016

A new attempt is being made to establish a pool for unemployed container vessels...

News25 Apr 2016

HCI Capital AG is taking over one of the oldest German shipping companies by means of a capital increase...

News14 Apr 2016

E R Capital Holding and Rickmers Holding AG are considering merging their ship management activities...

News8 Feb 2016

The 18,982 TEU capacity ULCS CSCL INDIAN OCEAN remains stranded on a mud bank, near Grunendeich, on the river Elbe. The Haveriekommando will...

News7 Feb 2016

Both chambers of the German federal Parliament - the Bundestag and the Bundesrat - have ratified a Bill that hands the income tax of seamen ...

News3 Dec 2014

With annual sales of US$12B and around 200 vessels with a capacity of 1M TEU, the merged container operations comprise the world's fourth bi...

News30 Jul 2014

The German carrier plans to take over CCNI's container liner activities...

News3 Jun 2014

The first of the two new ro-pax ferries, which were built by P + S Volkswerft Stralsund, has arrived at Blohm + Voss Hamburg for completion...

News17 Dec 2013

Hapag-Lloyd's chairman Michael Behrendt says that the line will catch up with the P3 partners and possibly become the Number 1 container car...