Hartmann Schiffahrt
One central hub for gas-carrier docking decisions
About Hartmann Schiffahrt
The Hartmann Group of Leer is one of Germany's best-known shipping families, operating a diverse fleet with a strong specialisation in gas carriers (LPG, LEG and ethylene), alongside container ships and multi-purpose vessels. Gas tonnage is technically demanding — and so is choosing where to dock it.
The challenge
A gas carrier cannot simply go to the nearest dock. The yard needs the right experience with pressurised and refrigerated cargo systems, the physical dimensions to take the ship, and a track record that stands up to vetting. Hartmann's superintendents need to verify all of that for yards across the world — and do it again for every intermediate and special survey.
How they use TrustedDocks
Hartmann's superintendents use TrustedDocks as their central reference when a docking approaches: scouting candidate yards worldwide, checking detailed dock specifications against the vessel, and reading each yard's docking history for comparable tonnage — especially other gas carriers.
PSC performance data adds the compliance lens: how vessels docked at a yard have fared with port-state control afterwards is part of the risk picture for a fleet that lives on clean vetting records.
Because the whole fleet is planned through the same platform, the knowledge stops living in individual inboxes — a yard vetted for one docking is documented context for the next one.
The benefits
Specialist yards, verified
Yards with genuine gas-carrier experience identified from real docking histories, not marketing claims.
Cost-efficient survey cycles
Comparing verified alternatives keeps intermediate and special survey dockings competitive.
Institutional yard knowledge
Vetting work is captured once and reused across the fleet team, docking after docking.
Compliance-aware selection
PSC intelligence folds the inspection record into every yard decision.
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