INTERSCHALT, Müller+Blanck Reach Merger Deal

INTERSCHALT maritime systems AG, the provider of maritime software for cargo and fleet management, and Müller+Blanck Software GmbH, announce the conclusion of a memorandum of understanding for the acquisition of Müller+Blanck. The parties have not disclosed the acquisition price.

 

INTERSCHALT said it currently holds a combined market share of 25 percent with its storage planning software StowMan and the advanced development StowMan[s], introduced to the market in 2014. With the loading computer Seacos MACS3, INTERSCHALT has an approximately 65 percent share of the container ship segment.

 

Müller+Blanck developed the stowage planning software "CAPSTAN" as well as the onboard interface "OBI" in the mid-1990s, which are used by the liner shipping companies Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd among others.

 

With the acquisition of Müller+Blanck, INTERSCHALT increases its market share in the stowage planning segment to 33 percent, in terms of the number of vessels equipped, and consolidates its market leadership in the segment for loading computers for container ships.

 

Müller+Blanck will initially continue to operate as an autonomous GmbH, under the direction of Holger Blanck, at the Schenefeld site. Jost Müller will act as the Technical Head of the Software unit. Torben Mons, who is currently responsible for the INTERSCHALT Software unit, will be additionally appointed as the co-CEO of Müller+Blanck.