Rickmers Linie
Rickmers Linie (legal entity Rickmers-Linie GmbH & Cie. KG) is a niche operator headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 1834, the line has spent 192 years building out its container service network and today operates a fleet of 8 vessels under the SCAC code RICK. Total operated capacity stands near 5,000 TEU, placing the carrier among the recognised operators on its core trade lanes.
Rickmers Linie is most active on the following corridors: Project Cargo, Round-the-World. The line operates on a standalone basis and does not share vessel slots with other ocean carriers under a formal global alliance. Direct customer contact is available via +49 40 8093 6900 or the carrier's web portal at rickmers-linie.com.
Rickmers Linie corridor coverage
Rickmers Linie concentrates its services on Project Cargo, Round-the-World. Customers on these lanes typically see weekly or twice-weekly sailings depending on season and trade balance. For a current sailing schedule, contact the carrier directly or consult its weekly schedule publication.
How to track a Rickmers Linie container
Tracking a Rickmers Linie container starts with confirming the prefix. Look at the container's left-hand corner casting plate or the painted code on the door — the four-letter ISO 6346 owner code is followed by six numeric digits and a single check digit. Blue Water Facts no longer publishes a per-carrier owner-prefix list (see /accuracy/ for why); confirm the operator via the carrier's own tracking portal or your bill of lading. Visit rickmers-linie.com, navigate to the carrier's tracking or "track and trace" portal, and paste the full container number. The portal will return current vessel position, the next scheduled port call, the estimated time of arrival (ETA) and the most recent equipment events such as gate-in, loaded, discharged and gate-out.
If the carrier portal does not return a result, the most likely causes are: the container has not yet been gate-in at the origin terminal, the bill of lading number is in a different format (check whether the system expects an MBL versus an HBL), or the box is moving on a partner alliance vessel rather than a Rickmers Linie hull. In the last case, the schedule data lives with the operating carrier, not the equipment owner. Rickmers Linie's customer service can normally cross-reference the booking and route you to the correct alliance partner. Reach the carrier on +49 40 8093 6900 during European business hours.
Related ocean carriers
Operators most often compared with Rickmers Linie on overlapping trade lanes:
- Hapag-Lloyd — Hamburg, Germany, founded 1970. SCAC HLCU.
- BBC Chartering — Leer, Germany, founded 1997. SCAC BBCH.
- Team Lines — Hamburg, Germany, founded 1991. SCAC TLLU.
- Sloman Neptun — Bremen, Germany, founded 1873. SCAC SLNE.
- Leschaco — Bremen, Germany, founded 1879. SCAC LSCH.
- Rohde & Liesenfeld — Hamburg, Germany, founded 1922. SCAC RLNV.