Struggling German multipurpose (MPP) operator Zeamarine Group is to lose more ships after filing for court protection.

The Bremen-based multipurpose (MPP) operator is spinning-off its US-based liner business and transferring another 10 multipurpose vessels to new commercial managers in Germany.

Zeamarine’s former Americas liner operation will revert to operating as a separate company under the Intermarine banner, the name of the company with which Zeaborn merged its MPP operations in 2018 to form Zeamarine.