Hamburg Süd vs Sitmar Line

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Hamburg Süd is the older of the two, founded in 1871 — 66 years before Sitmar Line.

Founded: 1871; 1937
Status: Active; Closed 1988
Headquarters: Hamburg, Germany; Monte Carlo
Industry: sea and coastal passenger water transport; sea and coastal passenger water transport
Founders: Heinrich Amsinck, Carl Woermann, Carl Laeisz, August Bolten; Not recorded
Employees: 5,960; Not recorded
Legal form: Kommanditgesellschaft; Not recorded
Parent: Not recorded; Italian Line
Website: hamburgsud.com; Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Hamburg Süd and Sitmar Line.