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Top 25 Shipping line operators based in Germany

Name: Shipping line operators based in Germany
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026 262 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 262 shipping line operators headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 21,716 professional contacts across them, including 1,652 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.

This list covers shipping line operators headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 18, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 18, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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21,716Contacts tracked

1,652Verified emails

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The 25 largest shipping line operators based in Germany

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 262 shipping line operators based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to shipping line operators: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Hapag-Lloyd AG	Partial evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	10001+	11,284 contacts →
	Partial evidence “With a fleet of 302 modern container ships and a total transport capacity of 2.5 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
2	Hamburg SÜD	Partial evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,676 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hamburg Süd is successful in the international logistics service sector and is one of the world’s ten leading container liner shipping brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
3	Oldendorff Carriers Gmbh & Co. KG	Partial evidence	Lübeck, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,568 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1921, OLDENDORFF CARRIERS combines its history as a German shipowner with the network of one of the world's leading drybulk operators.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
4	Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-Kg	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	640 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Döhle Group is a family-owned group of companies and has been a trusted partner in the maritime industry since 1956.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
5	Zeaborn Ship Management	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	336 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Zeaborn Ship Management is a globally acting dedicated ship manager offering a comprehensive and state-of-the-art ship management product portfolio with particular focus on…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
6	Briese Schiffahrts Gmbh & Co. KG	Indirect evidence	Leer (ostfriesland), GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	265 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mit rund 550 Landmitarbeitern in 30 Ländern und mehr als Mitarbeitern auf See zählt die Briese Gruppe mit über 100 eigenen Schiffen zu den weltweit führenden im Bereich…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
7	Hartmann Group	Partial evidence	Leer, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	5,001-10,000	262 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Hartmann Group is an independent, family-owned shipping company, operating worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
8	SAL Heavy Lift	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	167 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SAL Heavy Lift is part of the JSI Alliance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
9	John T. Essberger Gmbh & CO KG	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	141 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The history of the privately owned Deutsche Afrika-Linien/John T.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
10	Containerships	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	139 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
11	FRS	Partial evidence	Flensburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	124 contacts →
	Partial evidence “FRS is looking back on a history of over 150 years of experience and has developed from a regional passenger shipping company to an internationally active group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
12	Macs Maritime Carrier Shipping	Partial evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	118 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping has been a trusted name for over 35 years by customers in Southern Africa, Europe, the UK and USA/Mexico.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
13	Hammonia Reederei Gmbh & Co. KG	Partial evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	98 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HAMMONIA Reederei is a ship management company and a competent project developer in international shipping.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
14	Bernhard Schulte	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	91 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bernhard Schulte is the ship owning business of the international, family-owned Schulte Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
15	HGK Logistics And Intermodal Gmbh	Indirect evidence	Duisburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	81 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ein Unternehmen für viele Wege Der schnelle und sichere Transport von Gütern aller Art ist unsere Leidenschaft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
16	Sartori & Berger	Partial evidence	Kiel, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	57 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sartori & Berger offers a complete range of integrated services for the shipping and transport industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
17	Leonhardt & Blumberg	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	55 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Leonhardt & Blumberg navigates with its experienced and well-attuned team a fleet of container feeder vessels and medium-range product tankers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
18	Minship Shipmanagement Gmbh & Co. KG	Indirect evidence	Schnaittenbach, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	45 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MINSHIP Shipmanagement GmbH & Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
19	Seafair Group	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Simplifying Global Logistics \| 250k + Shipments \| 1173 Happy Clients \| 124 colleagues With a presence in strategic locations: Peru, Chile, Miami, New Jersey, Hamburg, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
20	PWL Group	Partial evidence	Bremen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	42 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The PWL Group - 360° maritime logistics The PWL group is your independent partner in shipping and transport sector with excellent worldwide connections.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
21	Buss Group Gmbh & Co. KG	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	41 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Buss was founded in 1920 as Gerd Buss Stevedoring in the Port of Hamburg.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
22	Bernhard Schulte Offshore Gmbh	Partial evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	41 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bernhard Schulte is a multinational family owned shipping company with its headquarters based in Hamburg, Germany and 30 offices all over the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
23	Grimaldi Germany	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	40 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Der Firmensitz der Grimaldi Germany GmbH befindet sich in der HafenCity, dem jüngsten Stadtteil Hamburgs, nahe der historischen Speicherstadt und in Sichtweite der Elbphilharmonie.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
24	Navalis Shipping	Strong evidence	Oldendorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Navalis Shipping is a ship operator and a shipbroker for a fleet of more than 40 multi-purpose and container ships.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
25	Dship Carriers	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “dship Carriers provides cost-effective tramp services for heavy lift and project cargo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: shipping line operators. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names shipping line operators.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of shipping line operators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name shipping line operators. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Shipping line operators based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 18, 2026

7.6%Verified-email coverage

82.9Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

41.2%Largest-city concentration · Hamburg

Sep 18, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

116

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 262 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among shipping line operators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “shipping line operators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names shipping line operators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among shipping line operators, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,652 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 18, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Shipping line operators by metro

Shipping line operators in Hamburg108
Shipping line operators in Bremen27

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names shipping line operators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many shipping line operators are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 262 shipping line operators headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Hapag-Lloyd AG, headquartered in Hamburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most shipping line operators?

Hamburg leads with 108 headquartered companies, followed by Bremen (27) and Duisburg (9).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,652 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 262 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 18, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.