MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping

MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping
legal form	GmbH & Co. KG
founding	1970
Seat	Hamburg
Branch	shipping
Website	www.macship.com (English)

The MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping GmbH & Co. (short mostly MACS called) is a Founded in 1970, the Hamburg shipping company , which operates in the Africa line drive.

history

The company was founded in 1970 by Felix Scheder-Bieschin, initially as a line agency . Together with a partner, MACS was involved in the fruit trade with South America, which was handled by ships belonging to the Brazilian shipping company Aliança . At the end of the 1970s the partnership was dissolved, whereupon MACS took over two used ships and from 1979 began to set up a liner service between Europe and South Africa. In 1983 MACS took over the competing AESL service of the Rotterdam company Steenkool & Handelsvereeniging and joined the Europe-South Africa conference in 1992. Since then, the fleet has been expanded initially with acquisitions and later with new builds. In 1997/98 the shipping company received three newbuildings in the Amber Lagoon class , two of which will be used on a newly opened liner service between South Africa and the Gulf of Mexico , and in 2013 the company took over four new units of the Blue Master II class . Since spring 2016, the shipping company has been operating a liner service from Northern Europe to American and Mexican ports in the Gulf of Mexico and, if required, on the US east coast.

The shipping company's predominant cargoes are containers, general cargo, dry and liquid bulk cargoes, project cargoes and heavy cargo as well as rolling cargoes. Freight ship trips are also offered. MACS has branches in Hamburg and Cape Town and offices in Antwerp, Leixões, Lisbon, London, Rotterdam, Durban, Johannesburg and Richards Bay, which together employ around 85 people. The fleet includes 14 multi-purpose vessels . The seafaring staff comprises around 350 seamen. MACS is a member of the tramp shipping company Trampko .

The ships of the shipping company (selection)

MACS shipping fleet
Building name	Shipyard / construction number	IMO number	delivery	Client	Renaming and whereabouts
Kentucky Home	Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding / 1010	7374228	1975	Quasars Navigation Corporation, Monrovia	1985 Mount Imitos , 1986 as Mito for MACS, 1993 Al Aliyu , scrapped in Alang from September 14, 2000
Norbeth	Uljanik / 292	7038472	June 1971	I / S Norbeth, Oslo	1978 Taurus , 1981 Arica , 1985 Tropical Isle , 1987 as Golden Isle to MACS, 1998 Viborg , 2009 scrapped in Alang
Blue Master	Uljanik / 294	7110359	November 1971	I / S Car Master, Oslo	1984 Nahoda Biru , 1986 as Blue Master at MACS, scrapped in Alang from May 7, 2009
Silverfjord	Uljanik / 295	7115048	January 25, 1972	Silverfjord Shipping Company, London	1983 Chung Shing , 1987 Silverfjord , scrapped in Alang from June 7, 2009
Fort Nelson	Sanoya's Mizushima / 343	7375571	August 12, 1975	Canadian Pacific (Bermuda), Hamilton	1988 as Elso to MACS, 1994 Ismini , 1999 Petalis , 2005 Pacific No.1 , scrapped in Alang from February 14, 2009
Costa Ligure	Italcantieri / -	7824687	1981	Costa Armatori, Genoa	1984 Conti Bavaria , 1985 Genova , 1986 Conti Bavaria , 1989 Columbine , 1994 as Diamond Land to MACS, scrapped in Alang from February 14, 2010
Costa Arabica	Italcantieri / -	7824675	1981	Costa Armatori, Genoa	1984 Conti Hammonia , 1985 Manhattan , 1986 Conti Hammonia , 1987 ALS Dedication , 1989 Conti Hammonia , 1991 Bandama , 1992 Natal , 1994 as Green Cape to MACS, scrapped from February 14, 2010 in Alang
Mint Ace	Yardımcı Gemi İnşa 007	9148790	October 25, 1997	Lomax World	1999 CEC Ace , 2000 Mekong Bright , 2010 Black Rhino , so on
Amber Lagoon	Shanghai Shipyard / 167	9138123	June 1997	Amber Lagoon Shipping Vineta shipping company MACS Shipping, Hamburg	so in motion
Purple Beach	Shanghai Shipyard / 168	9138135	February 1998	Purple Beach Shipping Vineta shipping company MACS Shipping, Hamburg	2017 demolition in Aliağa
Gray Fox	Shanghai Shipyard / 169	9151905	June 30, 1998	Gray Fox Shipping Vineta shipping company MACS Shipping, Hamburg	so in motion
Cape Denison	Dalian Shipyard / -	9231119	2001	Cape Denison Shipping Company Columbia Shipmanagement	2004 CCNI Hong Kong , 2006 Cape Denison , 2006 Tasman Explorer , 2009 Pacific Destiny , 2010 Bright Horizon , 2011 Cape Denison , 2013 as Bright Horizon to MACS, so underway
Red Cedar	Xiamen Shipyard / 439A	9231092	2002	Vineta Bereederungsgesellschaft, Hamburg	so in motion
Blue Master II	China Changjiang Shipping Group Qingshan Shipyard / JSH403	9465411	May 7, 2013	MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping, Hamburg Vineta Bereederungsgesellschaft, Hamburg	so in motion
Golden Karoo	China Changjiang Shipping Group Qingshan Shipyard / JSH404	9465423	July 8, 2013	MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping, Hamburg Vineta Bereederungsgesellschaft, Hamburg	so in motion
Bright Sky	China Changjiang Shipping Group Qingshan Shipyard / JSH405	9465435	18th July 2013	MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping, Hamburg Vineta Bereederungsgesellschaft, Hamburg	so in motion
Green Mountain	China Changjiang Shipping Group Qingshan Shipyard / JSH406	9502312	August 28, 2013	MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping, Hamburg Vineta Bereederungsgesellschaft, Hamburg	so in motion
Lloyd's Register, Equasis, large tonnage

literature

• Svante Domizlaff: The company is the center of the family , In: Hamburger Abendblatt , November 15, 2003

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sebastian Reimann: Macs top up the fleet , In: Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung , August 5, 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ The unfortunate freighter "Purple Beach" is towed to the scrapping yard. January 1, 2017, accessed January 3, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Lloyd's Register, London, various years
4. ↑ Equasis homepage (English)
5. ↑ grosstonnage homepage (English)