Hamburg-based MarLink has returned to its original business model after spending 20 years diversifying into other sectors, including technical and commercial shipmanagement.

Today, its focus is once again on developing projects for others to buy into.

An order for eight feeder containerships in China marks something of a renaissance for joint managing directors Christoph Sturm and Mathias Pahl after battling, alongside other German companies, some of shipping’s darkest days, especially in the containership market.