Jiingerhans

Name

Jiingerhans

Legal name

Reederei Jüngerhans

Website

https://juengerhans.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Container Shipping

NAICS

Deep Sea Freight Transportation (483111), Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation (483113), Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883)

SIC

Water Transportation (4400), Deep Sea Foreign Transportation Of Freight (4412), Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Mainline Container Liner Carriers (TLADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

High & Heavy / Project Ro-Ro Handling (Construction, Mining & Oversize Equipment) (TLAHACAI)

Keywords

• Container shipping
• Heavy cargo shipping
• Ship chartering
• Maritime fleet management
• Ship fund investments

Headquarters

HQ city

Haren

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Ship Chartering: Revenue generated from chartering container ships and heavy cargo vessels to shipping companies. Vessels are deployed globally through charter agreements with operators including ARKON Allied Container and other shipping lines.
2. Ship Fund Investments (KG-Modell): The company structures shipping investments using the KG-Modell, where external investors provide capital for ship construction and acquisition. Investors receive returns through vessel charters and eventual sale. Over 120 ships have been financed through this model over 60 years with approximately 1.7 billion EUR invested.
3. Technical and Commercial Management: Jüngerhans Maritime Services (JMS) provides commercial and technical management services for shipowning companies, including crewing, maintenance, and operations support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Reederei Jüngerhans operates a fleet of more than 30 modern container feeder vessels and heavy cargo vessels (Schwergutschiffe) deployed globally under charter agreements with international shipping lines. Through its subsidiaries Jüngerhans Maritime Services (JMS) and Jüngerhans Heavy-Lift-Fleet Services (JHL), it provides commercial and technical ship management, while Jüngerhans Investment Services (JIS) structures KG-Modell ship fund participations for qualified German investors.

Product overview

Reederei Jüngerhans is a fourth-generation family-owned German shipping company operating a fleet of over 30 modern container and heavy cargo vessels. The company provides commercial and technical ship management services through its core entity Jüngerhans Maritime Services (JMS), with specialized subsidiaries for investment services (JIS) and heavy-lift fleet technical management (JHL). The company also participates in joint ventures including trans-Mar-supply for purchasing/logistics coordination and ARKONA ALLIED CONTAINER for chartering services. The fleet operates under the Jüngerhans Maritime Services umbrella, serving container feeder and heavy cargo shipping segments in European and international waters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jüngerhans Maritime Services (JMS): Core shipping operations entity managing container and heavy-lift vessel fleets
• Jüngerhans Investment Services (JIS)
• Jüngerhans Heavy-Lift-Fleet Services (JHL)
• trans-Mar-supply

Products and services

• Container Ship Operations (Chartering) Commercial and technical operations of container feeder vessels (with reefer container connections and ice class) for international shipping lines and charterers across European and global trade routes, operating as a core service of the fleet.
• Heavy Cargo Ship Operations (Schwergutschifffahrt) Specialized heavy-lift cargo shipping service using Schwergutschiffe equipped with heavy-duty cranes (capacity up to 500 tons) and RoRo facilities for project cargo and oversized freight, operated for specialized heavy-cargo charterers.
• Technical and Commercial Ship Management (JMS) Commercial and technical ship management services delivered by Jüngerhans Maritime Services (JMS) for shipowning companies, including crewing, vessel maintenance, and operations support across container and heavy-lift assets.
• Heavy-Lift Fleet Technical Management (JHL) Specialized technical management services delivered by Jüngerhans Heavy-Lift-Fleet Services (JHL) for the company's heavy-lift cargo fleet, covering heavy-lift-specific maintenance and operations requirements.
• Ship Fund Investments (KG-Modell) KG-Modell ship fund participations offered to qualified German investors for the construction and acquisition of ships, with returns derived from vessel charter income and eventual vessel sale. Over 120 ships financed across 60 years with approximately EUR 1.7 billion in cumulative investments and an average IRR of approximately 9% p.a. (86 vessels sold by end of 2024).

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• ARKON Allied Container (AAC)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2018AAC was founded in 2018 by ARKON Shipping, Allied Feederships Chartering, and Jüngerhans along with other shipping partners. Today AAC charters a fleet of over 100 container feeder ships for several major shipping companies and is a market leader in the feeder segment. Jüngerhans benefits from preferential chartering access through this partnership.
• trans-Mar-supply GmbH & Co. KGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2002Joint venture between Jüngerhans and Harren & Partner founded in early 2002 to efficiently bundle purchasing activities of various shipping companies. The synergies from managing a fleet of nearly 200 ships result in significant cost savings. Handles logistics, procurement, warehousing, and supply chain management for the fleet.
• Oltmann Gruppe (Jan Luiken Oltmann Gruppe)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001Long-standing and successful partnership with the Oltmann Gruppe from Leer. This partnership has been an important relationship for the shipping group over many years.
• Verband Deutscher ReederminorOthersMember of the German Shipowners' Association (VDR). Stefan Jüngerhans serves as chairman of the Finance and Tax Commission.
• Schutzverein Deutscher RhederminorOthersMember of the Protection Association of German Shipowners. Herm Jüngerhans is a member of the board.
• Hochschule Emden-LeerminorOthersSupporter of the Emden-Leer University of Applied Sciences, contributing to maritime education and talent development.
• Interessengemeinschaft Harener Reeder e.V.minorOthersFounding member of the Interest Group of Haren Shipowners e.V.
• Wachstumsregion Ems-AchseminorOthersMember of the Ems-Achse growth region. Holger Cosse serves on the board.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Harren & Partner: Bremen-based shipowner and Jüngerhans' JV partner in trans-Mar-supply; operates container and heavy-lift tonnage with a similar German mid-size shipowner profile and integrated management/services offering.
• Reederei Hermann Wulff: German family-owned multi-generation shipowner operating container feeder tonnage; similar profile to Jüngerhans in size, ownership structure, and feeder segment focus.
• BBC Chartering: Global leader in breakbulk and heavy-lift shipping and a Jüngerhans customer; highly comparable in heavy-lift/project cargo operations, with much larger scale in the same niche.
• Hansa Heavy Lift: Specialist heavy-lift and project cargo operator with similar crane-equipped tonnage to Jüngerhans' Schwergutschiffe; competes directly in the project cargo niche.
• SAL Heavy Lift: Hamburg-based operator of heavy-lift and project cargo vessels; competes with Jüngerhans' heavy-lift fleet in project cargo and breakbulk trades globally.
• Reederei Wessels: German family-controlled shipowner active in container shipping; comparable in fleet type, German family ownership model and exposure to the European feeder trades.
• ARKON Shipping: Co-founder of ARKON Allied Container and Hamburg-based container feeder shipowner; directly comparable in feeder fleet size and customer base, sharing the AAC joint venture with Jüngerhans.

Broad incumbents

• Hapag-Lloyd: Hamburg-headquartered global container liner with extensive intra-Europe and intra-Mediterranean feeder services that overlap with Jüngerhans' European feeder routes.
• CMA CGM: Global top-three container liner and major Jüngerhans customer; overlaps as both a customer and indirect competitor as liner majors increasingly internalize feeder capacity.
• A.P. Moller-Maersk: World's largest container liner and a Jüngerhans charterer; operates at much larger scale across the full liner network but overlaps at the feeder handoff points where Jüngerhans' vessels feed its mainline services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/reedereijuengerhans
• LinkedInde.linkedin.com/company/reederei-j%C3%BCngerhans
• Instagraminstagram.com/reederei_juengerhans

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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