In Germany alone, more than 4 billion parcels are sent every year. Whether it be small or large goods, a large proportion of those parcels are shipped across the ocean.
Whether it be to the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom, or the United States, parcels only reach their destination with the help of reliable ocean shipping companies.
Currently, there are 2,000 merchant vessels and 316 shipping companies offering some form of shipping service in and out of Germany.
With so many to choose from, deciding which is the best can be pretty tricky. However, we’re going to try and narrow it down.
In today’s post, we’re going to show you a selection of the very best German ocean shipping companies. We’ll give you a rundown about each one, looking at what they offer.
Let’s take a look, shall we?
Founded in 1997 and based in Munich, Heppner is a transport specialist company that offers logistic solutions to its customers and partners.
Providing full container loads and less than container loads, Heppner prides itself on optimising the delivery process of its user’s goods.
Not only does Heppner provide services in 60 different ports worldwide, but they also offer door-to-door services. Aside from ocean shipping, Heppner operates air freight and rail freight.
Experts in imports and exports, Heppner ensures its customer’s products safely and conveniently make it through customs.
Operating all over the world, including Germany, MSC is a privately owned global shipping company. Founded by Gianluigi Aponte in 1970, the shipping company has grown to be one of the world’s best shipping container lines.
With a headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, MSC currently operates in more than 490 offices in more than 155 countries.
The company has multiple offices in Germany. With over 70,000 employees and access to ocean, rail, road, and air freight, sending and receiving goods from all over the world is made much easier with MSC.
Unlike other shipping companies, MSC prides itself on delivering services on a global scale while using local knowledge.
As far as the shipment of cars goes, Mundial RoRo is one of, if not the best company to use. Specialising in the transportation of any type of car, Mundial RoRo will ensure your vehicle gets from A to B as fast, safe, and conveniently as possible.
On top of that, they won’t just take 1 vehicle. No, this shipping company will happily take anything from 1 to 100 cars. Vehicle shipment services are offered all over the Mediterranean Sea, the Arabian Sea, East & West Africa, and so on.
The company has been doing this for decades so high-quality services are all but guaranteed.
Mundial RoRo will also handle customs clearance, Sea Freight, THC, and other essential documents.
Based in Frankfurt and founded in 1976, Kopf & Lübben strives to offer the best possible services when it comes to shipping a wide range of goods.
Offering logistics, air freight, road freight, rail freight, and ocean freight, the company values every customer equally, working hard to tailor its services to everyone’s needs.
In terms of ocean shipping services Kopf & Lübben provide, they safely import and export goods to ports globally.
Working in cooperation with leading shipping companies from all over the world, Kopf & Lübben has access to an array of routes. Whether you need a part load, full load, or project cargo, this company has a service that suits your needs.
The cargo service will even handle customs and provide you with interim storage.
The next ocean shipping company on our list that operates in Germany is Cretschmar Cargo Süd. Relatively new to the ocean shipping scene, Cretschmar Cargo Süd was only founded in 2016.
Despite having less time to get a foot in the market than the other companies on our list, the company took the shipping world by storm.
With offices in Dusseldorf, Madrid, and Barcelona, Cretschmar Cargo Süd offers cargo shipping worldwide.
The company’s worldwide network is fully optimised to offer every customer, no matter how big or small, reliable, fast, and secure logistic solutions.
Providing end-to-end customer clearance, door-to-door service, and personal support, Cretschmar Cargo Süd also provides road, rail, dangerous goods, and custom services.
Next, we have Mentfield Logistics Group. Based in Troisdorf, just outside Cologne, Mentfield has offices in 25 countries worldwide.
Shipping any type of goods to most of the world’s major container ports, Mentfield has built well-established relationships with some of the globe’s best and biggest shipping carriers.
This has helped them offer customers exceptional services at a wonderfully cost-effective price.
Popular services include port-to-port, door-to-door, full container loads, and less than container loads. Every service is flexible, quick, reliable, and tailored to the customer’s individual needs.
The company has a solid reputation for moving agricultural products, perishable goods, hazardous materials, and oversized items.
Unsurprisingly based in Hamburg, Hamburg tankers is an extremely professional ocean shipping company that specialises in tankers operating out of Hamburg.
Unlike the other ocean shipping companies on our list so far, Hamburg Tankers focus solely on sea freight.
The primary aim of Hamburg Tankers is to provide customers with a safe, reliable, and economical service. They do this by employing highly-qualified staff from the bottom of the company to the top.
Rather than focusing on the delivery of goods, this company aims to keep the supply chain moving by providing vessels with full crew management, and project development.
Training, and recruitment. While they don’t directly deliver goods, without this company, most shipping companies would fail to run as smoothly.
Schavemaker Transport & Logistics BV boasts an impressive range of services. These services include rail, road, air, and sea freight.
When it comes to its ocean shipping, Schavemaker offers three different services. These are inland shipping, sea freight, and shortsea transport. This makes it much easier for the company to fulfil its customers’ needs.
One great thing about the company’s inland services is that it lets them connect with various terminals without having to deal with congested European roads.
The company offers both full and less than full container loads.
There you have it, a list of the top Germany ocean shipping companies. As you can see from our list, Germany is blessed with a range of excellent companies that keep the supply chain going.
Without these companies, goods wouldn’t reach their destination on time and huge delays would occur.
In all honesty, this list could have gone on and on with amazing ocean shipping companies. However, we firmly believe that we’ve managed to sum up the best companies on offer in this post.
Every company we’ve looked at slightly differs in terms of what they offer. Some focus solely on sea freight, while others offer sea, road, rail, and air freight.
Some companies operate all over the world, while others choose to focus their efforts more around Europe.
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