Hamburg-based MarConsult and Johs Thode will merge to form MarConsult & Thode Schiffahrt (GmbH & Co) KG (MTC) as of 1 July.

The managing directors and shareholders of the new entity will be Captain Jan-Gerd Bartels, Dieter Behrens and Matthias Dabelstein, according to a joint announcement by the two merging companies.

The new fleet after the MTC merger will have 16 vessels of between 4,650 dwt (372 teu) and 19,615 dwt (1,152 teu).

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