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Johannes started his career in the end 90’s with a small own company providing IT Services. In the early 2000’s he went into shipping doing an apprenticeship with Hamburg Süd being involved in their liner sales and marketing business.

Thereafter he worked for a short time with SoftShip AG providing software solutions for Liner Shipping companies.

In 2006 he joined Peter Döhle where he was instrumental in developing the research department, and subsequently he joined the chartering department for North Continent feeder tonnage.

In 2010 Johannes moved to develop the Far Eastern container chartering activity of Ernst Russ.

As from beginning 2012 Johannes has worked for GB Shipping & Chartering, a member of the Hermann Buss Group, where he was responsible for various different subsidiaries, like Chartering & Operations, Port Captains, Commercial Shipmanagement and a Chartering outfit in Hong Kong. Through the JV of CONTCHART in 2013 Johannes was also Managing Director of Contchart Hamburg Leer.

In end of 2019 he left Contchart to join the management team of Waterway IT Solutions.

Matthias was already an enthusiastic computer fan at a young age. However, he started his career in the hotel business. After an apprenticeship as a hotel specialist and his first professional experiences, he moved to Dubai. Here he joined the Ritz-Carlton Group to open one of the first luxury hotels in Dubai.

During the time there, Matthias got the chance to switch back to his real love, IT. In his new position he was transferred to Wolfsburg, where he opened the Ritz-Carlton in the Autostadt as IT Manager. In 2002 Matthias joined the MPC Group in Hamburg. For many years he has been responsible for the IT infrastructure and has built and developed this over the years. During this time he played a key role in several large M&A projects, such as the integration of the Ferrostaal Group with more than 4000 employees in 2012.

Matthias is a founding member of Waterway IT Solutions and, as part of the management team, responsible for the technical direction of the company.

Florian started his career in 2003 as an apprentice in a system house specialized in the maritime industry.

In the following years he took care of all IT issues for various shipping companies in Germany and abroad both in the office and on board the vessels - including regular ship visits, the implementation of new systems and the day-to-day management of their fleets.

In 2008, he had the opportunity to change sides and take responsibility for IT back sourcing for a group of shipping companies and to take over IT management for the shore side and for the fleet.

In 2011 he joined MPC Steamship and was involved in the establishment of the IT department and the support ashore and on board. As part of the JV between MPC Steamship, THIEN & HEYENGA and Ahrenkiel to Ahrenkiel Steamship, he took over responsibility for the entire fleet of the shipping company as Head of Fleet IT.

In addition to his job, he began further studies to become an IT Business Manager, which he completed with an award in 2015.

In 2016, he was instrumental in founding Waterway in Hamburg and Dubai and has been a member of the Executive Board as Chief Operating Officer since then.

Florian is an active member of the Wirtschaftsjunioren Hamburg and volunteers for social projects in Hamburg