Hamburg multipurpose liner operator founded 1970, specialising in Europe–Southern Africa trade, which merged with Hugo Stinnes Schiffahrt in 2025.
Track a box, pick a sailing, price the lane and count the free days. Every tool below works for Maritime Carrier Shipping (MACS) boxes and lanes.
Hamburg multipurpose liner operator founded 1970, specialising in Europe–Southern Africa trade, which merged with Hugo Stinnes Schiffahrt in 2025. Runs heavy-lift multipurpose ships on the Europe–South Africa run, gear that can hoist project cargo up to 240 tonnes.
Main trade areas: North Europe, East Africa, West Africa and Atlantic.
Every Maritime Carrier Shipping (MACS) box carries an ISO 6346 number: four letters (the owner prefix), six digits and a check digit. Maritime Carrier Shipping (MACS) prefixes include GAFU, HSTU, MCSM and MOCU. Enter the container number, the bill of lading or the booking reference and Navo24 detects which one it is.
The tracker joins Maritime Carrier Shipping (MACS)'s own events (gate out, loaded, departed, transhipped, discharged) with the vessel's AIS position, so you see where the box is now, not where it was at the last port call.
Before booking, compare sailings on your lane by transit time and real on-time reliability across all carriers, Maritime Carrier Shipping (MACS) included where it publishes schedules.
For the price, FreightRatesMCP shows market rates for 20GP, 40GP and 40HC on a port pair. After arrival, demurrage and detention start once Maritime Carrier Shipping (MACS)'s free time runs out, and Navo24 counts the days left on every box.
Maritime Carrier Shipping (MACS)'s Standard Carrier Alpha Code is MACS.
Maritime Carrier Shipping (MACS) containers use the owner prefixes GAFU, HSTU, MCSM and MOCU, followed by six digits and a check digit.
Paste the container, bill of lading or booking number into the tracking box on this page. No sign-up is needed for a single lookup.
