Lubeca Marine Germany

What Lubeca Marine Germany does

Lubeca Marine Germany is a privately owned, family-controlled shipowning and ship management company headquartered in Lübeck, Germany. Founded in 1988 in Hong Kong by Capt. Klaus S. Boehe and relocated to Germany in 2000, the company operates a fleet of approximately 9 owned vessels comprising two 17,370 dwt multipurpose heavylift tweendeckers (Augusta Luna and Gotland, built 2011) and seven 5,200 dwt eco-freighter coasters (Ærø, Als, Fyn, Anholt, Birkholm, Langeland, Bornholm) delivered between 2023 and September 2024 from a newbuilding program executed with Jebsen Shipping Partners. The company's underlying technology centers on custom vessel designs optimized for fuel efficiency and cargo capacity, with gear configurations suited to versatile dry-cargo and heavy-lift trades under Portuguese flag.

Lubeca generates revenue through three streams: chartering its own multi-purpose, container, and coaster vessels to international shipping clients; acquiring, operating, and selling vessels as a ship investment and trading activity (with a stated track record of 21 ships successfully transacted); and providing third-party crew and ship management services through its subsidiary Lubeca Marine Management GmbH & Co. KG, founded in 2002. The crew management business offers lump-sum and cost-plus-fee crewing, payroll, union negotiation assistance, and consulting for oceangoing vessels, and holds ISO 9001:2015 and ILO MLC 2006 certifications plus BG Verkehr licensing and IMEC membership.

The company serves international charterers and shipping industry clients, family-office and individual ship investors, and third-party shipowners requiring crew management. Go-to-market is B2B and direct, driven by relationship-based sales via email and phone rather than digital channels. Lubeca is also a co-founder of the Jebsen Shipping Partners joint venture (est. 2015) alongside three other family-owned shipping companies, providing additional scale and an associated fleet of 14+ vessels that Lubeca's management subsidiary services.

Name

Lubeca Marine Germany

Legal name

Lubeca Marine (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://lubeca-marine.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lubeca Marine Germany is a privately owned, family-controlled shipowner and crew management company headquartered in Lübeck, operating a fleet of multipurpose heavylift tweendeckers and eco-freighter coasters for international charterers, investors, and third-party ship management clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Shipping Services

NAICS

Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation (48311), Deep Sea Freight Transportation (483111)

SIC

Deep Sea Foreign Transportation Of Freight (4412), Water Transportation (4400)

akta.pro primary industry

Chartering & Heavy-Lift Vessel / Barge / RoRo Solutions (TLACAIAJ)

Keywords

• Ship management services
• Maritime crew management
• Heavy-lift shipping
• Coaster vessel chartering
• Ship investment

Headquarters

HQ city

Lübeck

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ship Chartering: Operating owned fleet of multi-purpose, container and coaster vessels for charter to international shipping customers.
2. Ship Investment and Trading: Acquiring, operating, and profitably selling vessels. Track record of successfully acquiring, sustainably operating, and profitably selling 21 ships.
3. Crew Management Services: Comprehensive third-party crew and ship management services including lump-sum and cost-plus-fee crewing, payroll services, union negotiations assistance, and consulting services for oceangoing vessels.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Lubeca Marine Germany is a privately owned shipping company that owns, operates, and charters a fleet of multi-purpose, heavy-lift, container and eco-freighter coaster vessels for international shipping customers. The company also provides third-party crew management and ship management services through its subsidiary Lubeca Marine Management GmbH & Co. KG, and offers ship investment partnership opportunities. Its current fleet includes seven custom-designed 5,200 dwt eco-freighter coasters and two 17,370 mt multipurpose heavylift tweendeckers.

Product overview

Lubeca Marine Germany operates a single unified maritime service offering centered on fleet ownership and operations (multipurpose heavylift, container, and coaster vessels up to 17,000 dwt), supplemented by two integrated service modules: Lubeca Marine Management (crew and ship management) and a Ship Investment Program. The company also manages the JSP Associated Ships joint venture fleet through Jebsen Shipping Partners. The newest fleet segment consists of seven state-of-the-art 5,200 dwt eco-freighter coasters, with the last delivered in September 2024.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fleet Chartering Services
• Lubeca Marine Management (Crew Management Services)
• Ship Investment Program
• JSP Associated Ships (Jebsen Shipping Partners Fleet)

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully acquired, sustainably operated, and profitably sold 21 ships
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Jebsen Shipping PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Joint venture founded in 2015 by Reederei Becker, Reederei Kahrs (Jork), Reederee Boehe/Lubeca Marine, and Reederee Jebsen (Hong Kong). Lubeca cooperates with Jebsen Shipping Partners on newbuilding programs including 5,200 dwt eco-freighter coasters. Jan-Peter Boehe and Max Gottwald have active roles in this joint venture. Total of 13 ships ordered with 7 ships to Lubeca and 6 ships to JSP, construction commenced January 2022 with deliveries through September 2024.
• Reederee BeckercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily-owned shipping company from Jork that co-founded Jebsen Shipping Partners in 2015 together with Lubeca Marine.
• Reederee KahrscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily-owned shipping company from Jork that co-founded Jebsen Shipping Partners in 2015 together with Lubeca Marine.
• Reederee JebsencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHong Kong-based shipping company that co-founded Jebsen Shipping Partners in 2015 together with Lubeca Marine.
• Xinshun ShipyardminorOthersShipyard in China where Augusta Luna (17,370 mt Multipurpose Heavylift) was built in 2011.
• Jiangsu DajinminorOthersShipyard in China where Ærø (5,200 mt Multipurpose Dry Cargo Ship) was built in 2023.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• V.Ships: One of the world's largest third-party ship management and crew management companies. Comparable to Lubeca Marine Management GmbH & Co. KG in crew management services, but operates at vastly larger scale and global breadth.
• Anglo-Eastern Univan Group: Global ship management and crew management provider. Overlaps with Lubeca's third-party crewing business model, particularly for oceangoing vessels, though at much larger scale.
• Grimaldi Group: Italian multipurpose, RoRo, and container vessel operator with significant international fleet. Broadly comparable to Lubeca's multipurpose/container/coaster operations, but operates at much larger scale across multiple vessel types.

Direct peers

• Spliethoff: Dutch family-owned operator of multipurpose tweendeckers, dry cargo, and project cargo vessels. Directly comparable to Lubeca in fleet composition, customer mix, and small/medium-sized owner-operator profile.
• SAL Heavy Lift: Part of the Harren Group, SAL operates one of the world's largest fleets of heavy-lift vessels. Comparable to Lubeca's tweendecker segment with similar project-cargo customer base.
• BBC Chartering: German-based operator of multipurpose and heavy-lift vessels, including tweendeckers. Directly comparable to Lubeca in vessel class, customer base (project/heavy-lift cargo), and European operating geography.
• Wessels Maritime: Dutch family-controlled shipping group operating multipurpose vessels and providing ship management services. Comparable mid-sized owner-operator profile to Lubeca in multipurpose tonnage and management services.
• Hartmann Projekt Chartering: German heavy-lift and project cargo specialist operating multipurpose tweendeckers. Closely comparable to Lubeca's Augusta Luna/Gotland class in tonnage and customer segments.

Regional players

• Reederei Becker: Family-owned German shipping company from Jork that co-founded Jebsen Shipping Partners with Lubeca Marine in 2015. Comparable as a regional German shipowner and JSP partner with overlapping fleet interests.
• Reederei Hermann Wulff: Mid-sized German family-owned shipowner and operator with multipurpose tonnage. Comparable regional profile to Lubeca as a North German family-controlled owner-operator, though smaller fleet.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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