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V.Group to acquire Norddeutsche Reederei

OCTOBER 16, 2018 – Hamburg headquartered Norddeutsche Reederei, which manages a 46 vessel containership fleet, is to be acquired by V.Group under an agreement signed with Norddeutsche Vermögen Group. The current Norddeutsche

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Frank Coles named as new Wallem Group CEO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 — Former Transas CEO Frank Coles is moving on, stepping down as Transas Leader at Wärtsilä Voyage Solutions to join Hong Kong headquartered Wallem Group as its new Chief

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V.Group launches Fleet Cell of the Future

AUGUST 7, 2018 — The Fleet Cell is V.Group’s term for a small team of people responsible for managing ship operations for a group of vessels. Now, though, V.Group is redesigning and

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Schulte Group gets nod for PRONAV acquisition

FEBRUARY 12, 2018 — The Hamburg-based Schulte Group has received clearance by the German Federal Cartel Office for the acquisition of LNG ship management specialist PRONAV. The strategic move will bring a

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Capital and Liberty JV targets German shipping market

JANUARY 25, 2018 — Athens, Greece, headquartered Capital Ship Management Corp. and Leer, Germany, based Liberty One have established a joint venture under the name Capital Liberty Invest. The joint venture commenced

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Ship management giant has a new owner

DECEMBER 6, 2016 — OMERS Private Equity (“OPE”), part of OMERS Private Markets, says that it has agreed to sell ship manager V.Group to another private equity firm, Advent International OPE will

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Ship managers set to merge

APRIL 14, 2016 – Hamburg, Germany, headquartered Rickmers Holding AG and E.R. Capital Holding GmbH & Cie. KG say they are reviewing a potential merger of their ship management units – Rickmers