The maritimemarketing concept was created to satisfy a demand by small to medium sized Asian shipowners, for practical information (including international facts and trends) that could help them grow their business and increase their profits.

Founded by Ferdi Stolzenberg, a German born, Australian citizen who has been working in and around Asia since 1974 and has been a resident of Hong Kong since 1983.

Over the past 40 years, Ferdi has worked for large American advertising agencies in Australia and Hong Kong; started an automotive trade magazine in Australia; run his own PR/marketing consulting group in Australia and Hong Kong (since 1983) focusing on international investments, corporate finance and shipping; developed a niche trading business and since 1990 – has spent the last 16 years focusing his business efforts exclusively on the international maritime business.

Ferdi was one of 3 founders of the MTI Network (www.mtinetwork.com.hk) – the largest and only global crisis media management network dedicated solely to the international shipping industry.  The MTI Ntework now covers some 15 partner offices and 20 associate offices throughout Europe, Middle East, Asia and the Americas providing a vast resource of information and multilingual, multicultural knowledge and capabilities.

Aided by Noelle Wong Pui Yan, the maritime marketing team have immediate, in-house language capability in English, German, Cantonese, Mandarin and some Japanese and the contacts to cover the world.

The maritime marketing team has been active in the organization and marketing of ship finance conferences (www.marinemoney.com) in Hong Kong, Singapore and China (Dalian and Shanghai), since 2001. We also run the only annual conference for the marine surveying and insurance industry (www.asiaconference.biz), which has, over the past 5 years, been held in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and this year will be in Mumbai, India.

Ms Wong Pui Yan has an Honours Degree in Social Sciences (Sociology) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and worked as a shipping journalist before joining the maritime marketing team in 2003.

Through our historical network of related offices around the world, we are also able to consult with our associates in countries throughout Europe, Middle East, Asia and the Americas, further adding to our multilingual and multicultural capabilities.

In Hong Kong, we are also an associate member of the Hong Kong Ship Owners Association as well as the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, the American Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Ferdi Stolzenberg is on the Shipping and Transportation Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.