Zeaborn's expansion timeline

2013: Founded by Kurt Zech, Ove Meyer and Jan Hendrik Tobbe

2014: Spends $200m on MPP newbuildings

2015: Buys half f chartering outfit EMS ConBulk

2017: Adds HC Group and Carisbrooke Shipping vessels

2017: Acquires Rickmers Line after that company buys Nordana Project & Chartering

2017: Buys Rickmers Holding's shipmanagement business

2018: Acquires ER Schiffahrt and shipbroker Harper Petersen & Co

2018: Combines MPP operations with Intermarine

2018: Forms Zeamarine joint venture to combine Intermarine, Zeaborn Chartering and Rickmers Line

2019: Acquires 100% of Zeamarine joint venture from partner New Mountain Capital

2019: Buys Offen tanker management unit CPO

German shipowners MPC Capital and Zeaborn are creating a 160-ship container vessel fleet through a merger of two group companies.