Expansion-hungry Zeaborn boosts heavylift footprint with Rickmers buy
Zeaborn Group has acquired Rickmers-Linie and taken over the operations of Marine Consulting & Contracting ...
Zeaborn Logistics has acquired Erck Rickmer’s ship management and ship brokerage activities.
However, the sale won’t see Erck Rickmers Group depart the maritime sector.
Subject to approval by antitrust authorities, the purchase takes retrospective effect from 1 January but no price was made public.
In acquiring the ER Schiffahrt and Harper Petersen & Co brands, Zeaborn has taken on an extra 3,000 staff, 2,800 of whom are at sea, and added 61 containerships to its fleet.
Mr Rickmers (pictured), a Hamburg businessman and politician, said ...
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