Association structure
In accordance with our Articles of Association, our main association bodies are the General Assembly as the main decision-making body, the Executive Board as the executive body and special committees for specialised tasks. In day-to-day work, the bodies are presented as a clear organization chart.
Annual General meeting
elects
Board of Directors
appoints
management, assistant
organises
working group "Customs Law", tax, representative
Our Articles of Association
Here you will find information on membership, the structure of the association and the procedures for decision-making and amendments to the articles of association.
Our team
As experts in our field, we work continuously to identify challenges and develop effective solutions. In doing so, we use our expertise and in-depth knowledge to create added value for our members and the industry as a whole.
We also maintain close contacts with other organizations and associations in order to build a strong network and effectively represent common interests.
Through our work, we help to strengthen the industry in the long term and promote the success of our members.
Chairman
Jens Pfeiffer, Hamburg
Deputy Chairman
Frank Engellandt, Kiel
Treasurer
Mathias Overhaus, Emden
Managing Director
RA Thorsten Harms, Hamburg
Other board members
Lars Brenneke, Hamburg
Lennart Clasen, Hamburg
Nadine Kloska, Hamburg/Rostock/Bremen
Thorsten Repenning, Hamburg
Ulrich Wrage, Hamburg
Working groups
Our working groups offer our members individual(!) specialist advice, e.g. in the following areas:
- Tax law (e.g. tax exemption for ship chandlers)
- Customs law (e.g. customs/export procedures/special features for ship chandlers)
- Transit procedures (NCTS + EMCS)
- Dangerous goods law (e.g. operational obligations)
- Foreign trade/export control law (e.g. information + operational implementation)
- AGB law (information on current case law)
- Veterinary law (exceptions for ship chandlers)
- Food law (exceptions for ship chandlers)
- etc.
The VDS network
VDS Members
OCEAN / ISSA
Associations
Authorities
Ministries
(federal / state)
EU institutions
(e.g. EU Commission)
Association family
WGA Wholesale and Foreign Trade Association Hamburg e.V is an umbrella organization based in Hamburg and supports a wide range of trade associations, their members and individual companies from the wholesale and foreign trade sector in their day-to-day work in international trade.
ISSA is the international association representing nearly 2,000 ship suppliers throughout the world.
Website: www.shipsupply.org
OCEAN is the voice of the Ship Supplying Industry of Europe and represents over 750 Ship Chandlers (more than 250,000 jobs) who supply a wide range of goods to several hundred thousands ships annually.
Website: www.shipsupply.eu