Hamburg Atlantic Line
The Hamburg- Atlantic Line GmbH was a shipping company based in Hamburg, which was founded by living here for six years, Danes Axel Bitsch Christensen on January 6, 1958, and was registered on 15 August 1958 as the Hamburg- Atlantic nautical mbH but remained in business at the old designation. Was involved, among other things Philipp Reemtsma Fear God, with over two million euros.
Encouraged by the overwhelming success of the Hanseatic ships managed only a second passenger ship the keel should be laid.
For this, the German Atlantic Marine mbH was on December 1, 1965 & Co. and 212 private investors - mostly former Hanseatic passengers - recorded around 15 million euros (then DM 30 million ), although the promise of a state guarantee was still pending, the but in February 1966. From now on called the shipping company German Atlantic Line ( DAL).
Large losses due to the revaluation of the Deutsche Mark against the U.S. dollar and dramatically rising personnel costs led the company into troubled waters. In addition, the shipping company was on September 7, 1966 after the burning of the TS Hanseatic at the port of New York City suddenly without a ship there. After transfer to Hamburg shipyard it is scrapped here. The already booked cruises could be alternatively performed with the chartered French Renaissance.
In September 1966, the Hamburg Senate agreed to a renewed pledge and in October the shareholders' meeting of the German Atlantic agreed line to a new building, which was given at the Deutsche Werft in order.
Early in 1967 a new owner company was founded, the: Hanseatic nautical mbH, whose capital was provided again by former Hanseatic passengers. From these funds, the purchase of Israeli Shalom was denied in May 1967, in November - is set to replace the burned-out ship in service - also under the name Hanseatic.
The Hamburg was under the planning of the Munich architect George Manner, ran in February 1968 as the only new building of the shipping company in the HDW - German shipyard AG from the stack and could end in March 1969 to start their maiden voyage. But in the fall of 1969, the end of the shipping company hinted.
Even in 1970, more than eight million euros were generated, whereas in 1971 only seven million euros. With increasing cost pressures ( 1973 oil crisis ), the negotiations failed to connect to the Hapag- Lloyd and the purpose of liquidity then had the Homeline in July 1973 sold the (second) Hanseatic ( ex Shalom ). She came to an eventful history, its scheduled end earlier and sank on 26 July 2001 on the way to the scrap yard.
The debt of the German Atlantic Line continued to rise, they were estimated to be 25-35 million euro in September 1973. On September 25, 1973, the Hamburg is renamed Hanseatic and the cruise line now offers this (third) Hanseatic ( ex Hamburg) also for sale.
Further negotiations with Hapag -Lloyd failed again so that the shareholders in October 1973 saw no other way out than to adopt the resolution of the shipping company. The Hanseatic should be sold to cover all liabilities for around 25 million euros to Hapag -Lloyd, but that would be all deposits and loans have been lost.
A higher Japanese bids through nearly 34 million euros will be made during the Hapag-Lloyd negotiations in November. On 1 December 1973, the German Atlantic Line had to cease its business operations and on 12 December was then determined on the sale of the last ship. Another offer of around 31 million euros was from a time before from the U.S., but behind it was the Soviet state shipping.
The contract ready for signature with the Japanese Ryutsu Kaiun KK shipping company did not materialize and so the Americans were awarded the contract. This transferred the ship of state shipping company and the Hanseatic ( ex Hamburg) was handed over to the Black Sea Shipping Co. and renamed in honor of the Russian poet Maxim Gorky Maxim Gorkiy on 25 January 1974.
In April 1988, the Maxim Gorkiy was modernized at the Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven and passed thereafter in full charter to Phoenix Reisen (Bonn). Sprung a leak in the drift ice off Spitsbergen in June 1989, she came back two weeks later, again for six weeks in the Lloyd Werft.
After the surprising fall of the Wall (9 November ) came to her in December 1989, the two presidents George Bush sen. and Mikhail Gorbachev, while Maxim Gorkiy anchored to a summit together in front of Malta in the Mediterranean. Since 1991, the ship had different owners and was finally scrapped in India in 2009.
There is a roll-call confusion with the Hamburg-America Line (HAL, Hapag ).
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- Historical Perspective on the Hamburg- Atlantic Line and German Atlantic Line
- Former shipping company ( Hamburg)
- Founded in 1958