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Top 25 Vessel chartering companies based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 121 vessel chartering companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 2,025 professional contacts across them, including 354 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.

This list covers vessel chartering companies 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 22, 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.

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121Companies
2,025Contacts tracked
354Verified emails
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The 25 largest vessel chartering companies based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 121 vessel chartering companies based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to vessel chartering companies: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000640 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 22, 2026
2Indirect evidenceLeer, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 20265,001-10,000262 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Hartmann Group is an independent, family-owned shipping company, operating worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200118 contacts →

Indirect 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 22, 2026
4Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20098 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“HAMMONIA Reederei is a ship management company and a competent project developer in international shipping.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,00055 contacts →

Partial 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 22, 2026
6Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20047 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in Hamburg in 1905, Frachtcontor Junge & Co.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5041 contacts →

Indirect 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 22, 2026
8Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Thomas Schulte Ship Management is a leading international bulk and container company/asset manager who is offering the full range of maritime services from one source.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5032 contacts →

Partial evidence

“GRS.GROUP, headquartered in Hamburg (Hamburg), Germany, is a leading service company for both brokerage of charter vessels and ship sales & purchases.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“OKEE Maritime is a young shipping company incorporated in Hamburg in 2014.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Indirect evidenceDrochtersen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5022 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The H.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Your Break Bulk and Project Cargo Broker We provide solutions for worldwide marine transportation in all varieties by providing invaluable skills and know how as brokers and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Indirect evidenceEmden, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MLB is your reliable, dedicated & truly diversified & flexible partner in the global shipping community.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Indirect evidenceEckernförde, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our mission is to support cargo and ship owners in finding the most economic, reliable and sustainable solution for their shipping requirement.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Toepfer Transport GmbH, founded in Hamburg in 1974, is a specialized sales and purchase, newbuilding and chartering shipbroker with a dedicated market intelligence department.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Indirect evidenceAlheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CARRIER53’ is specialized in commercial vessel management of a modern and diverse fleet of multipurpose vessels, with a strong focus on flexibility enabling us to provide…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Partial evidenceLübeck, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

Chartering company specialized in European Shortsea Market.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Geprägt durch über drei Jahrzehnte voller Visionen, Wachstum und Innovationen sind wir der starke Partner an Ihrer Seite, wenn es um Transportlösungen geht.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Strong evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-506 contacts →

Strong evidence

“HARPER PETERSEN offers a wide range of shipbroking and commercial chartering services of container vessels of all different sizes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-506 contacts →

Partial evidence

“COLI Project Cargo runs an on demand time charter service for Multi-Purpose vessels between - DWT with lifting capacities up to 500 tons offering monthly sailings from Europe to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MC-Schiffahrt wurde 1986 in Hamburg gegründet.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“HMC is specialised in helping you to cover your needs to transport liquid products in bulk.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Vessel chartering companies based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
17.5%Verified-email coverage
16.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
50.4%Largest-city concentration · Hamburg
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
65
11-50
35
51-200
10
201-500
3
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
2
5,001-10,000
1

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 121 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 vessel chartering companies, 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 “vessel chartering companies”. 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 vessel chartering companies), 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 vessel chartering companies, 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, 354 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 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Vessel chartering companies by metro

  • Vessel chartering companies in Hamburg61

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 vessel chartering companies, 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 vessel chartering companies are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 121 vessel chartering companies 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?

Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-Kg, headquartered in Hamburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most vessel chartering companies?

Hamburg leads with 61 headquartered companies, followed by Bremen (9) and Leer Ostfriesland (4).

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 354 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 121 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 22, 2026.

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About this data

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.