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opments of the special conditions. That includes an

German Chief A. Kagel- extended scope of the tonnage tax – for instance for macher checks the temp services in the future market offshore wind for the so called third party management – the operation for at the stern tube.

third parties, without having properties of the vessel.

Finally the location needs a comprehensive strategy

Photo: Pospiech to keep the owners as a central part of the maritime cluster in Germany. If we lose our skills to operate vessels, we also will lose successive the value and innovation strength.

On the other hand we have, here in Germany, with the right policies great chances.

Because by using the potential of digitalization

Money and belonging furthermore to the forerunner in green shipping, the location is well positioned for the future international competition.

The German Maritime Center and the Digital Hub well

Logistic in Hamburg as well as the Maritime Com- petence Center MARIKO in Leer are only a few ex- amples of many of our strong maritime cluster. We spent must strengthen in cooperation our know-how of our shipping companies, the universities and research fa- cilities as well as the other maritime stakeholder. The

Investing in TM Master political framework must be further adjusted. With all this shipping companies in Germany will be success- will save you time ful in the future and secure jobs and value.

and money.

The maritime economy has just outpaced a cri-

Contact us, and we sis decade. When does the economy pick up from your point of view? will tell you how.

The shipping companies made an important con- tribution from the supply side. More and more older ships are getting scrapped. Relatively few new vessels ®

TM Master have been ordered lately, especially smaller units. We note that freight rates during the last months getting • 2))6&+1"$/1"!?""1*+$"*"+1 slightly better. Whether this will be suf? cient, we will • Tailored to your needs see. But the tendency is there.

• Best-in-class user interface • Rapid deployment +

New features:

Docking phase-3, Forecasting,

Failure reporting, Inspections - and more!

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