About us

Amer Shipping BV, founded in 1996, is a fourth generation family business. With a shipping fleet of 20 vessels (total capacity of approx. 53,000 tons) and 8.5 million tons transported per year, the Belgium/Netherlands/German canals/Northern France specialist has extensive expertise in inland shipping and supply chain logistics. In addition, Amer Shipping is a technical innovation driver for new construction and retrofitting towards sustainability with its participation in Ruijtenberg Shipyard in Raamsdonksveer. Seven of its ships have already been awarded the "Green Award Gold Label". MSG eG was founded in 1916. The company is a dry bulk specialist in the Rhine-Main-Danube swap traffic and, with a fleet of 60 ships and a total capacity of around 120,000 tons, a major player in Europe's inland shipping industry. With branches and affiliated companies from Romania to the Netherlands and a shipyard in Dorfprozelten/Main that is highly regarded throughout the industry, MSG is also at home in the project cargo, the transportation of equipment and all disciplines of dry cargo shipping. "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”