The ship operator Claus-Peter Offen (founded in 1971) is based inHamburg, and is one of the world’s largest suppliers of moderncontainer ship tonnage.
It has some 130 container vessels in service or currently underconstruction most of them are chartered under long-term contract toleading shipping lines. They are employed in worldwide service.
At the beginning of 2007, the company made its first move into thechemicals and product tanker market. A new company Claus-Peter OffenTankschiffreederei (Offen Tankers) was formed eight special-purposetankers with 36,000 dwt and a further eight with 52,000 dwt wereordered from the Hyundai Mipo yard in South Korea, for deliverystarting in 2008.
Having ordered 4 bulk carriers in 2008 the company soon will alsooperate in the bulk market. Two ships each were ordered at theshipyards Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME, SouthKorea) and Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI, Romania) with atonnage capacity of 180,000 dwt. The 4 bulkers will be delivered in2010.
The company currently has a workforce of approximately 3,000 people on shore and at sea.
The company’s ships carry no passengers.
