2015
At 11th February 2015 another strong tug from DAMEN Shipyards, Gorinchem joined the fleet. This tug is the first of the new Type DAMEN ASD 2913. Petersen & Alpers is the launching customer and contributed a good deal of input into this new type. This tug will be mainly operated in the Port of Hamburg and the river Elbe. For extra safety the hull has been built with a double hull. The additional hydrostatic uplift of this double hull reduces the draft significantly by more than 1 meter compared to other tugs with the same bollard pull. The two Caterpillar main engines with a total engine output of 5.050 kW (6.772 HP) combined with two Rolls Royce thrusters results to a bollard pull up to 80,3 tons. This tug will be the strongest tug ever operated by P&A and will be within the top class of tugs in the port of Hamburg. P&A again puts into their scope the ever growing size of Container vessels which enter service constantly.
2010
Special job with limited "Head Clearance"When the Pipe Layer “AUDACIA” entered Dock 11 of Blohm & Voss on 10. December 2010 it was essential that a tug could manoeuvre below the extreme lowered pipe slipway of nearly one hundred meters in front of the bow. Tug PETER is the only tug in Hamburg which has a foldable navigation mast . The height of the tug will be reduced down to 10,50 meters only. In combination with its high bollard pull and its good manoeuvrability the tug proved its flexibility on special towing jobs in limited spaces.
2008
As the first German tugboat operator PETERSEN & ALPERS puts a compact Tug of 70 tons bollard pull into service. This tug "Damen ASD Tug 2411" has been build by the Dutch DAMEN Shipyards Group. Because of its compact dimensions combined with high bollard pull this tug is best suitable to assist large vessels safely and efficiantly in ports with confined spaces. Customers and Pilots wellcome the high flexility of this tug.
2003
The shipping company is certified in accordance with the new ISO 9001:2000 standard at 30th April.
2002
General partner Hans A. Lindenau retires after 48 years of service at 1st May . His son, Peter Lindenau, takes over as Managing Director. The company’s corporate form changes to Petersen & Alpers GmbH & Co. KG.
1998
The strongest tugboat with a bollard pull of 51 tonnes, the M/S MICHEL, is launched at 23th July. In addition, this is the first tug boat not to have been built by a German shipyard but at the Spanish shipyard of Astilleros Zamakona. Since August 2011 operating in Klaipeda as TAK-7.
1997
Certified in accordance with the International Quality Assurance ISO 9002:1994 standard inApril of 1997
1996
1st January 1993A Dutch competitor established tugboat operations in the Port of Hamburg, as stipulated by the EU, regulations for free competion.
16th October 1996
The Towage & Marine Assistance is founded by Atlantic Rhederei (subsidiary of
P & A) and the Neue Schleppdampfschiffs Reederei Louis Meyer, in order to provide towing assistance and shipping related services in Klaipeda, Lithuania and the Baltic Sea.
1993
200 years of Petersen & Alpers at 6th September.
1986
HANS (2) is launched at 11th March by P & A as the socalled three-man operated tugboat.
1982
With the reorganisation of the towing tariffs on 22th January , the tugboats in Hamburg provide their own towing lines.
1974
On 17th December the PETER is put into service as P & A’s first tugboat equipped with rudder propellers. Based on the new concept of the so-called tractor tugs, 8 such tugs have been commissioned by P & A to date. See also tug ISE.
1971
P & A enters into "deep sea towage business" with the HAMBURG on20th June.
1970
JAN (4), the last P & A steam tugboat, is converted into a diesel-electric tugboat.
1968
175th company anniversary of Petersen & Alpers at 6th September.
1966
Karl Doelitzsch dies, Hans A. Lindenau becomes the personal liable partner of P & A at 11th December.
1964
MICHEL PETERSEN is commissioned as the first all-purpose tugboat at 30th November.
1955
1st November P & A moves into its own offices at Hafentor / Johannisbollwerk.29th April 1955With the commissioning of the MICHEL, P & A puts the first diesel-electric powered diesel tug boat into service. In all, 10 of such tugs are put into service using this operating system until 1967.
1954
Hans A. Lindenau joins the management of P & A at 1st August.
1945
With 12 tug boats, P & A becomes a member of the Tug Union stipulated by the occupying forces.
1943
The Baumwall offices fall victim to bombing raids.
1942
Adolf Timmermann dies, Karl Doelitzsch joins P & A as a general partner.
1939
P & A operates in September 18 tugboats, one of which has been commissioned. 12 Tug boats have been seized by the war navy.
1914
The Panama Canal is completed at 15th August, whose construction had commenced in 1879.
1913
W. Th. Stratmann becomes the sole owner of P & A at 1st January.EMIL and AUGUSTE are commissioned as P & A’s last new pre-war vessels.P & A operates 17 tug boats.
1895
The Kaiser Wilhelm canal, today known as the Kiel Canal, is inaugurated at20th June.
1883
Wilhelmine Petersen (daughter of Jan Petersen) marries W. Th. Stratmann at 4th February .
1879
The first own steam tugboat, PETERSEN & ALPERS, is put into service.
1877
P & A orders the first steel lighter.22nd June 1877Petersen & Alpers is entered into the commercial register.
1869
The Suez Canal is opened on 17th November after 10 years of construction.
1859
Jan Petersen founds the Petersen & Alpers office.
1831
The birth of Jan Petersen (third generation) at 26th July .
1822
The first Hamburg-based shipping companies are founded (Godeffroy, Laeisz, Woermann).
1818
Johann Michael Petersen leads the company into its second generation and works together with Andreas Heinrich Alpers.
1806
Napoleon’s occupation brings Hamburg’s shipping to a general standstill. End of the First German Reich.
1796
The birth of Johann Michael Petersen (son of Michael Petersen) on 27th August 1796.
1793
Michael Petersen takes the citizen’s oath in Hamburg as a Master Mariner; the founding date of the company: 6th September 1793