Experienced German broker Axel Hopfner has joined Hamburg-based boutique sale-and-purchase (S&P) specialist Bruhn Shipbrokers.

Hopfner has a long track record in shipbroking, including establishing Howe Robinson’s presence in Germany when he opened that company’s Bremen and Hamburg offices.

Fifty-eight-year-old Hopfner tells TradeWinds that he and Bruhn founder Christoph Bruhn shared the same philosophy on how to do business.