RICKMERS SIN CE 1834 RICKMERS SIN CE 1834 2 Foreword Rickmers since 1834 From a small workshop in Bremerhaven to a global company. In 1834 my great-great grandfather, Rickmer Clasen Rickmers, founded the Rickmers shipyard in Bremerhaven. Since then five generations of my family have been active in shipping. Each of these generations had particular challenges to over- come – and their own successes to celebrate. Adaptability has always been closely associated with our family tradition and has kept us on course whilst navigating the challenges of the changing world of shipping. I am looking forward to continuing this tradition under the nearly 180-year-old Rickmers flag. Yours sincerely, Bertram R. C. Rickmers 4 Today‘s Rickmers Group Rickmers since 1834 Today‘s Rickmers Group 5 Business activities of the Rickmers Group and its three business segments cover the broad range of services in the shipping supply chain. Today‘s Rickmers Group is an established international provider of services for the shipping industry with its Maritime Assets plans, finances, acquires, business segments Maritime Assets, Maritime Services and manages our assets as well as ships held in trust which are chartered out to and Rickmers-Linie. We have a reputation for reliability, liner operators. quality and efficiency. Adaptability and an entrepreneurial mind-set have been a tradition at Rickmers throughout its 179-year history. We operate a fleet of 109 ships, with over 3,000 seafarers Maritime Services provides professional and currently around 480 staff ashore. We have 104 ship management for Rickmers ships Group companies and seven minority holdings. and other leading companies in the ship- ping industry. Services include technical Rickmers is internationally represented through more and operational management, crewing and management of newbuilds. than 20 offices and over 50 sales agencies. This network and a strong global management team secure the success of the company which remains true to its core values: Leadership. Passion. Responsibility. Rickmers-Linie offers liner services for breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargoes, operating a fleet of multi-purpose vessels with heavy lift cranes. 6 Today‘s Rickmers Group Rickmers since 1834 Rickmers since 1834 Today‘s Rickmers Group 7 Markets Competences Ships Clients Network Presence 90 percent market share of Adaptability based on a 109 ships operating around A loyal client base and new Excellent relationships along Offices and agencies around goods traded globally – dynamic 179-year long tradition the world client groups the shipping supply chain the globe growth and efficiency gains A core competence of the compa- The Rickmers fleet comprises The Rickmers Group has an We have established a strong Today, the Rickmers Group has With the growth in the global ny with its 179-year long history 109 ships, including 83 container impressive international client network that spans many sec- 20 offices and 50 sales agencies economy and vigorously ex- is adaptability. The Rickmers ships from small feeders to base, with client relationships tions of the shipping industry around the globe, offering a panding international trade, Group has always known how 13,100 TEU, 15 multi-purpose cultivated over many years. and a broad geographic broad range of services in the shipping has grown dynamically to adapt to new circumstances carriers that transport breakbulk, We are the preferred shipping coverage to serve the needs of shipping supply chain. because 90 percent of globally inherent in the various stages heavy lift and project cargoes, partner for many well-known our customers. traded goods are transported by of market development, and has six conbulkers, two bulk carriers global players. Besides our sea. The advantages for clients exploited opportunities as they and three car carriers. We are loyal long-standing client base, in terms of efficiency are thus arise. Reliability, quality and the sole owners of 53 of these we have also tapped new client immense. Compared with air efficiency are strengths our clients ships, which on average groups. Drawing on our specific freight, seaborne container freight can rely on, strengths backed are six years old. expertise in the market, we is much more cost-effective and by the competences and an support institutional investors environmentally friendly. entrepreneurial mind-set of our and banks in their efforts to employees. exploit the opportunities in shipping. Gothenburg Mäntyluoto Bergen Oslo Helsinki St.Petersburg Tallinn Vejle Riga Middlesbrough Gdansk Klaipeda Moscow Douglas Hamburg Copenhagen London Düsseldorf Vancouver Antwerp Prague Montoir Zurich Budapest Toronto Genoa Urumqui Porto Vienna Constanta Chicago New York Marghera Koper Bilbao Poti Bejing Dalian Philadelphia Istanbul Mokpo San Francisco Tianjin & Xingang Lisbon Mersin Seoul Norfolk Masan Tokyo Long Beach Mobile Izmir Qingdao Yokohama Morehead City Iskenderun Limassol Shanghai San Diego New Orleans Savannah Raslaffan Shanghai Aqaba Umm Qasr Chengdu Jebel Ali Ningbo Nagoya Houston Port Said Kuwait Muscat Chongqing Kobe Brownsville Changsha Dammam Karachi Jeddah Chittagong Shenzhen Altamira Bahrain Kolkata Port Sudan Hong Kong Mexico City Abu Dhabi Haiphong Kaohsiung Jizan Mumbai Manzanillo Yangoon Laem Manila Chennai Chabang Djibouti Panama Santa Colombo Marta Ho Chi Minh City Office and/or base port Kuala Lumpur Bogotá Port Kelang Agency and/or base port Buenaventura Singapore Agency and inducement port Jakarta Selection of inducement ports Round-the-World Pearl String Service Europe to MiddleOffice Eastand/or and b aseIndi porta Vitória Rio de Janeiro Pre-carriage Agencyfor Middle and/or East base/India por Servicet Santos India and MiddleAgency East Officeand to inducement and/orEurope base port “NCS”-ServiceSelection to NorthAgency of Coast inducement and/or South base Ameri ports portca Buenos Aires Cape Town Westbound Round-Round-the-WorldAgencyThe-World and inducementServicPearl Stringe portService Selection of inducement ports Possible pre-Eur orope on-c toarriage Middle t raEastnsport andatio Indina Round-the-World Pearl String Service Pre-carriage for Middle East/India Service Europe to Middle East and India India and Middle East to Europe Pre-carriage for Middle East/India Service “NCS”-Service to North Coast South America India and Middle East to Europe Westbound Round-The-World Service “NCS”-Service to North Coast South America Possible pre- or on-carriage transportation Figures given as at 31 December 2012 Westbound Round-The-World Service Possible pre- or on-carriage transportation Büro und/oder Hauptanlaufhafen Agentur und/oder Hauptanlaufhafen Agentur und bei Bedarf zu bedienender Hafen Auswahl von bei Bedarf zu bedienenden Häfen Round-the-World Pearl String Service Europa nach Mittelost und Indien Vorlauftransport für Mittelost/Indien Dienst ab USA Indien und Mittelost nach Europa „NCS“-Dienst zur Nordküste Südamerikas Westbound Round-The-World Service Mögliche Vor- und Nachlauftransporte 8 First Generation Rickmers since 1834 Rickmers since 1834 1807 – 1886 9 1 st Generation RICKMER CLASEN RICKMERS Rickmer Clasen Rickmers * 1807 on the island of Helgoland in the North Sea; † 1886 in Geestemünde; established a shipyard, the Rickmers Werft, in Bremer- haven in 1834. 10 First Generation Rickmers since 1834 Rickmers since 1834 1807 – 1886 11 Margaretha Rickmers, also known as ‘Etha’. In 1828, she became engaged to R. C. Rickmers. The couple married in The rocky island of Helgoland during 1831 against their parents’ wishes and the latter half of the 19th century. moved to Bremerhaven. R. C. Rickmers’ family home was located on the ‘Upper Land’ portion of the island. Rickmers‘ History 1807 Rickmer Clasen Rickmers was born 1831 When Rickmer Clasen Rickmers was 1834 Rickmers opened a shipbuilding “Fear God – act justly and dread no one” First Generation in 1807 as the son of fisherman Peter denied permission to marry the love of workshop in Bremerhaven on the Lower was Rickmers’ motto in life when he Andreas and his wife Deike on the North his life, Etha Reimers, the two of them Weser. This small business developed went into business for himself as a young Sea island of Helgoland. His parents left the island of Helgoland and got mar- into Rickmers’ shipyard – and, later on, shipbuilder. In 1836 the vessel named arranged for him to attend school on the ried on the mainland. They settled down into a shipping and trading company “CATHARINA” with its 23 GRT was the first the mainland for several years. in Bremerhaven, where R. C. laid the with operations worldwide. newbuilding order for the still young foundation for the successful shipowning Rickmers shipyard. and shipbuilding dynasty. 12 First Generation Rickmers since 1834 Rickmers since 1834 1807 – 1886 13 1 Cornelius shipyard 2 Home with workshop 1834 3 Rickmers shipyard following purchase of a property in 1836 4 Rickmers’ ‘new shipyard’ from 1857 ❷ ❹ ❶ ❸ R. C. Rickmers remained the decisive figure in the Rickmers family firm, even after his sons went to work for the company. A general plan of Bremen’s Bremerhaven harbour area in 1847. Immediately adjacent to it is the Hanoverian city of Geestemünde. 1842 In order to use his yard to full than one way – it guaranteed orders for 1848 R. C. Rickmers launched the brig The BASSERMANN was the first ship to capacity Rickmers acquired shares in his shipbuilding business and secured a BASSERMANN, a ship built in his shipyard fly the green-red-white Rickmers flag newbuildings. The shares in ships like successful, long-term investment. for his own account. This laid the foun- carrying the white “R”. This flag soon “ATHENE” und “WESER” were very lucra- dations for his shipping company, which became the trademark of R. C. Rickmers’ tive. Rickmers’ exertion as coowner he expanded by building other ships for enterprise and made him and the com- turned out to be profitable in more his own account in his shipyard. pany famous throughout the world. 14 First Generation Rickmers since 1834 Rickmers since 1834 1807 – 1886 15 The Rickmers-designed IDA Ziegler shipyard reached new heights when the This postcard shows the Rickmers shipyard before Helgoland.