Stella Marine Services GmbH & Company KG

The Stella Group of Companies is an independent service provider for the entire maritime industry. It was founded in Hamburg at the beginning of this millennium and started as a manager for shipping investments. Since then the full technical and nautical management and the commercial operation for a fleet of modern bulk carriers and tankers were added. New offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong were opened.

The Stella Group is familiar with all major shipping markets and types of ships. The management and the key personnel owns decades of experience and expertise in the maritime industry, so Stella started providing consultancy services.

History

In May 2003 Martin Strothmann, together with his partners, founded an Investmenthouse and a shipping company in Hamburg, which assumed management of the ships held in the ownership of the investors. The nautical and technical management was in the beginning subcontracted to third party companies.

In November 2003 the product tanker “PORT LOUIS” of 38,000 tdw, was taken over as the first ship under the company´s management. Two additional product tankers of 38,000 tdw and four product tankers of 47,000 tdw each were taken over in 2004.

The year 2005 was noteworthy for the entry in bulk shipping: three Superhandymax bulk carriers of 53,000 tdw each were commissioned.

In 2006 Martin Strothmann sold his shares in the Investmenthouse-subsidiary and took over the shipping company. In the same year, two more Superhandymax bulk carriers were commissioned, followed by the sixth bulk carrier of the same type in 2007.

In August 2008 Stella Marine Services GmbH & Co. KG moved into new offices at Am Sandtorkai in the Hamburg HafenCity, where it began building up its own nautical-technical management. In November 2009 Asterion Tanker Navigation GmbH & Co. KG was founded, specialising in the technical management of tankers. In September 2013 Stella Navigation GmbH & Co. KG was founded, focussing on the management of dry cargo ships (bulk carriers, containers etc.) In 2014 most of the Stella/Asterion fleet was sold to American investors. Today Asterion Tanker Navigation GmbH & Co. KG has still seven product tankers under full management. The Stella Group of Companies has been ISM-certified (International Safety Management) since November 2008. Their core competencies today encompass these fields of business:

• Consulting

• Technical Ship Management
• Crew Management
• Commercial Management of ships
• Marine Risk Management

SERVICES

Consulting

•   Market Research and Business Development
•   Project Analysis and Feasibility Studies
•   Set-up and Managing of Shipping Investments
•   Interim Management for shipping companies
•   Finance of ships, Operational and Financial Restructuring
•   Acquisition and Transactions, Sale and Purchase of ships including Newbuilding Contracting

Our Consulting team develops and implements suitable solutions for the maritime industry. The current problems in an already constrained industry environment lead to acute financial and logistical problems. 
The Stella Group of Companies not only provides competent financial analysis, but based on it's extensive experience in the industry, evaluates the organizational and technical situation of its clients. In a further step, realizable tailor-made solutions are presented. If requested, our interdisciplinary team of experts supports the client with the implementation of these solutions, including the necessary discussion and agreements with the involved counterparties.

Technical Ship Management

•   Newbuilding Supervision
•   Nautical-technical Management

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