OPDR is sold to CMA CGM, after Bernhard Schulte decides not to focus on liner operations as a core business. O&S Chartering, Bernhard Schulte’s joint venture with Reederei Nord for chartering containerships and bulk carriers, is renamed to Hanseatic Unity Chartering (HUC) with Borealis Ltd. incorporated as the third partner. In 2017, Asiatic/Atlantic Lloyd and Leonhardt & Blumberg also joined as partners of HUC. In 2021, BS departs from Hanseatic Unity Chartering.