Carl F. Peters

What Carl F. Peters does

Carl F. Peters GmbH & Co. KG is a privately held, family-owned shipping company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, founded in 1924 and currently in its third generation under the Eberhardt family. The company owns and operates a fleet of eight IMO 2-rated chemical and oil product carriers ranging from 7,000 to 18,000 DWT (MT Claus, MT Paul E., MT Anton, MT Atlantic Wind, MT Atlantic Twin, MT Atlantic Mate, MT Heinrich, and MT Frank), trading in the oil and chemical spot markets for major oil and chemical companies.

The company's core activity is direct chartering of these vessels on spot or voyage/time charter terms, with technical management, quality management, and vetting compliance handled in-house. Beyond vessel ownership and chartering, Carl F. Peters offers an integrated portfolio of maritime services: ship management, shipbroking, port agency in all German ports, and new build supervision, leveraging its Hamburg-based commercial platform and nearly 100 years of operational history. The company is structured as a Kommanditgesellschaft (GmbH & Co. KG) with Eberhardt Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH as general partner, and is led by three Managing Directors — Frank Eberhardt, Sascha Handke, and Matthias A. Schoeller.

Commercially, the company serves enterprise customers in the oil and chemical industries through direct chartering relationships, with no intermediary channels or public marketing efforts. Revenue is generated through transaction-based charter hire (per-voyage or time charter) plus service fees for adjacent maritime activities. The vessel fleet is equipped with conventional marine propulsion systems from MaK, MAN B&W, Caterpillar, and Wärtsilä, and the company maintains a dedicated crewing function. No external investors, public listing, M&A, or funding events are disclosed; the business operates as a closely held family enterprise with a continuous operating history spanning approximately one century.

Name

Carl F. Peters

Legal name

Carl F. Peters GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://petership.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1924

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Carl F. Peters is a Hamburg-based, third-generation family-owned shipping company that owns and operates a fleet of eight IMO 2-rated chemical and oil product carriers, chartering them to major oil and chemical companies in the spot market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tanker Shipping Services

NAICS

Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (4247), Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals) (424720), Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals) (42472)

SIC

Deep Sea Foreign Transportation Of Freight (4412)

akta.pro primary industry

Chemical Tanker Operators (TLADABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Crude Oil & Petroleum Products Tanker Transport (TLADALAA), Chemical & Petrochemical Tanker Transport (TLADALAB), Liquid Bulk / Crude & Product Tanker Operators (VLCC/Suezmax/Aframax/MR) (TLADABAD)

Keywords

• Chemical tanker shipping
• Oil product carriers
• Ship management services
• Maritime chartering
• Vessel technical management

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tanker Chartering and Shipping Services: The company generates revenue through owning and operating a fleet of chemical and oil product carriers, providing chartering services to majors in the oil and chemical spot markets. Revenue is earned through time charters or voyage charters for transporting oil and chemical cargoes. The company also provides ship management, agency services in German ports, shipbroking, and new build supervision services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Carl F. Peters owns and operates a fleet of eight chemical and oil product carriers traded in oil and chemical spot markets for major oil and chemical companies. In addition to vessel ownership and chartering, the company provides ship management, technical management, quality management, shipbroking, port agency services in German ports, and new-build supervision. Operations are conducted through direct chartering relationships with oil and chemical majors.

Product overview

Carl F. Peters operates a single integrated shipping service rather than a modular software product. The core offering is the ownership and operation of a fleet of IMO 2-rated chemical/oil product carriers (MT Claus, MT Paul E., MT Anton, MT Atlantic Wind, MT Atlantic Twin, MT Atlantic Mate, MT Heinrich, and MT Frank) supplemented by maritime services including Chartering, Operations, Technical Management, Quality Management, Ship Management, Shipbroking, Port Agency Services, and New Build Supervision. The company maintains full control of vessel operations from design through new-building supervision.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chemical/Oil Product Tanker Fleet Operations Owns and operates a fleet of eight sophisticated IMO 2-rated chemical and oil product carriers trading in oil and chemical spot markets for major oil and chemical companies.
• Chartering Services Chartering services for the company's tanker vessels trading in oil and chemical spot markets for major oil and chemical companies, offered via time and voyage charters.
• Technical Management State-of-the-art technical management services for product and chemical tankers, including quality management, vettings, and purchasing to meet the highest quality, safety, and environmental standards.
• Ship Management Comprehensive ship management services providing full control of ships from design, contracting, and new-building supervision through operational management.
• Shipbroking Shipbroking services offered as part of the company's comprehensive maritime service portfolio for shipping industry clients.
• Port Agency Services Port agency services across all German ports as part of the company's daily business operations and maritime service offering.
• New Build Supervision New build supervision services providing full control of ships starting from design and contracting through new-building supervision and delivery.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BWSolution GmbHminorOthersBWSolution GmbH is the external hosting provider for the company's website (petership.de). Located at Ballindamm 13, 20095 Hamburg. The hosting relationship is for website infrastructure only.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Emerging players

• Blystad Group: Norway-based privately-held tonnage provider with chemical and product tanker interests; smaller and more entrepreneurial than the global majors, providing a useful comparison for family-owned European chemical tonnage businesses.

Direct peers

• Eitzen Chemical: Norwegian chemical and product tanker operator with a fleet of stainless-steel vessels competing in the same global chemical spot markets as Carl F. Peters.
• Stolt-Nielsen: Stolt-Nielsen is the world's largest operator of chemical tankers with a fleet of IMO 2/3 stainless-steel vessels serving the same global majors in chemical and edible-oil trades — the most direct public competitor for parcel chemistry cargoes.
• Odfjell: Norway-based Odfjell operates one of the largest chemical tanker fleets globally and competes with Carl F. Peters for the same parcel chemistry customers in the North Sea, Mediterranean and transatlantic chemical trades.
• John T. Essberger: Hamburg-headquartered peer operating a fleet of chemical and product tankers in European trades, with overlapping Hamburg office location and similar customer base of European chemical and oil majors.
• Terntank: Swedish-based chemical/product tanker operator running a small fleet of stainless steel IMO 2 tankers serving European chemical and oil customers; highly comparable in fleet size and product focus.
• Team Tankers: Specialized chemical and product tanker operator headquartered in Norway, focused on similar stainless-steel IMO 2 chemical cargoes and competing in the North Sea and Mediterranean spot markets.
• Navig8 Chemical: Singapore-based Navig8 group operates a fleet of chemical tankers through joint ventures, providing similar parcel chemistry tonnage to global majors across Atlantic and Pacific trades.

Broad incumbents

• Marathon Petroleum / MPC Container Ships: Public product tanker vehicle associated with a major oil major, representing the type of large, integrated downstream-and-shipping counterparty that competes for or supplies cargoes into the spot market in which Carl F. Peters operates.
• BW LPG: Part of the broader BW Group shipping platform; operates specialized tanker tonnage and demonstrates the scale advantages that large incumbent tanker groups have versus niche family-run operators like Carl F. Peters.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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