Oldendorff Carriers is a family owned shipping company with headquarters in Lübeck. Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co. KG is the largest German bulk carrier company.[1] It operates around 700 ships,[2] some chartered, with a carrying capacity of approximately 57 million tonnes.[3]
Company
The Oldendorff fleet makes some 14,000 port calls in 60 countries, carrying about 320 million tons of bulk cargo and bulk goods a year. Growth has been rapid since 2005, when 50 million tons was carried.[3]
Oldendorff Carriers is a wholly owned subsidiary of a family holding company, Egon Oldendorff. The headquarters in Lübeck have been on the top floor of the Radisson Blu Senator Hotel since 1999. Around 4,000[1]