Schoeller Group-controlled shipbroker Hanse Bereederung has recruited Howe Robinson Partners' senior partner Alexander Bock to drive growth in sale-and-purchase operations.

The Hamburg containership and bulker specialist said Bock has joined as a director to expand the domestic operations in booming markets.

Bock's remit is to widen Hanse's S&P services in a competitive sector and to attract new business alongside existing clients covered by sister outfit Columbia Shipmanagement's technical and commercial management.