A new inland shipping company has been established by the Dutch-based Amer Shipping and Germany’s MSG eG.
Stream Shipping, based in Raamsdonksveer, the Netherlands, will be an independent company with its own vessels for new capacities on the inland shipping market, the founders said, without specifying the fleet.
The business will aim to further develop sustainable logistics with a focus on reducing CO2 emissions through new hull designs, propulsion systems and by keeping an eye on alternative fuel developments while offering added value for Amer Shipping and MSG partners.
A fourth-generation family business, Amer Shipping, has a fleet of 20 vessels and transports around 8.5m tons of cargo per year between the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Northern France, while its German counterpart and a major player in Europe’s inland shipping, MSG, specialises in dry bulk in the Rhine-Main-Danube swap traffic, operating a fleet of around 60 ships.
“We are delighted to bring a new player onto the market with Stream and to reach new milestones in terms of sustainability,” the management of the founding companies said in a joint statement. “Amer Shipping and MSG pursue the same values and goals in the sector of modern logistics on Europe’s waterways. Our synergies are multiplied in the context of the new formation.”