Klein Named Carnival Maritime MD
Carnival Maritime GmbH has announced that Dr Hermann J. Klein has been appointed as its new Managing Director, starting September 1st, 2018. Klein is currently Managing Director and Group COO of CPO Holding (Offen Group) in Hamburg, Germany. He will be succeeding Lars Ljoen, who will join Carnival Cruise Lines in Miami, USA, as Head of Marine Operations. Carnival Maritime is the marine service unit for Costa Group with its brands AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, and Costa Asia. “Hermann Klein is a long-standing, well recognized executive of the maritime industry and has the perfect background and profound marine experience to further drive innovation and operational excellence across our fleet,” said Michael Thamm, Group CEO, Costa Group and Carnival Asia.
Maersk Fights to Stay on top as Containership Downturn Deepens
Denmark's Maersk Line is fighting to remain the world's no.1 container shipping carrier as a wave of mergers and acquisitions, particularly in Asia, creates new challengers trying to grab a bigger share of a depressed market. Maersk itself hasn't made a major acquisition for more than a decade but says it might be open to "the right opportunity", although doubters believe such deals risk accumulating ships without securing enough customers. A unit of oil and shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk , the line has a 15 percent share of the overall container market.
A Heavyweight on Display at SMM
On Thursday morning a huge mobile crane placed the five-blade ship propeller in front of the main entrance of Hamburg's fair center, Hamburg Messe. The propeller is a head-turner at this year's SMM, the leading international trade fair of the maritime industry. Weighing in at around 80 metric tons, with a diameter greater than nine meters and a total blade surface area of 42 square meters, the ship propeller made by Mecklenburger Metallguss GmbH (MMG) is an impressive head-turner at this year's SMM, the leading international maritime trade fair.
GL Turnover Up 6 Percent
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) increased its turnover to Euros 218.7 million in 2003, six percent ahead of the Euros 206.4 million recorded the previous year, to ensure a continuation of the growth pattern established by the worldwide classification society in recent years. GL’s “Maritime Services” sector accounted for 75 percent of the turnover, while the newly organized operating area “Industrial Services” boosted its share of total revenues from 22 to 25 per cent during the year. The society also increased its net profits in 2003, to Euros 6.9 million compared to 6.2 million the previous year. At year-end 2003, a total of 2,148 people (1,962 at year-end 2002) were employed at the Hamburg head office and in the 147 GL offices in 78 countries worldwide.
