In this section you find the latest news on our company and ships.

Hamburg, December 2010:

Change of company name and relocation of the shipping company

As announced in August 2010 the change of company name of the shipping company was completed in the meantime. The shipping company operates from now on under the following name:

Reederei Harmstorf & Co.
Thomas Meier-Hedde GmbH & Co. KG.

Furthermore, the shipping company moved in December 2010 to a new office location, close to St. Michael's Church. The new address is:

Englische Planke 2
20459 Hamburg.

Hamburg, September 2010:

Changes in Management

Reederei Alnwick Harmstorf & Co. GmbH & Co. KG is pleased to announce the following management changes within the company:

Mr. Thorsten Thronicke has been promoted to managing director and is now authorized to represent the company jointly beside Mr. Thomas Meier-Hedde.

Mrs. Amélie Oetker was granted commercial procuration.

Mrs. Leslie Walle de Cevallos was granted commercial power of attorney.

Change of Partner at Reederei Alnwick Harmstorf & Co. GmbH & Co. KG

Reederei Alnwick Harmstorf & Co. GmbH & Co. KG likes to announce that Mr. Thomas Harmstorf has sold his 50% share to investors that are close to the company and will, as a result, retire from the company and the executive board.

Thomas Harmstorf will continue to work from the traditional and family-owned block of offices located at Klopstockstrasse 1 and offer consultative services.

In the medium term, the corporate name shall change by the addition of a further name.

Next to the newly joined partners, Thomas Meier-Hedde holds an unchanged 50% and is henceforth the exclusive director of the company.

The company currently runs 14 container vessels, with a ranging capacity from 500 TEU to 2.740 TEU and employs 22 colleagues at shore and around 300 seamen on board.