09th March 1856
Foundation as forwarding and shipping agency in Leer by Carl Diedrich Büttner
1879
Commissioning of the first own steamship “Stadt Leer”
01st January 1892
Opening of the branch office in Bremen by Johann Albrecht Büttner (2nd Generation)
1933
Separation of the forwarding agency (Leer) and shipping company (Bremen), takeover of the shipping company by Carl Diedrich Büttner (II) – 3rd Generation
1937
Purchase of the 1st bunker vessel “BIENE”
1960
Purchase of the first deep sea going vessel “BRUMMER”
1965
Purchase of the deep sea going vessel “HUMMEL”
1970
Takeover of the company by Carl Habbo Büttner (4th Generation)
09th March 1981
125th anniversary
1984
Construction of vessels with double hull
1995
Accreditation according to ISO 9002
1998
Certification according to ISM
2001
Foundation of the crewing agency CB MARITIME d.o.o., Rijeka/Croatia
2003
Foundation of Carl Büttner Shipmanagement GmbH
09th March 2006
150th anniversary
2013
MT “LEVANA” first vessel equipped with the scrubber technology to reduce S0₂-emissions
2016
MT “AURELIA” second vessel equipped with the scrubber technology
2017
Restructuring as “Corporate Structure” Carl Büttner Holding GmbH & Co. KG (shareholder Maike and Jörn Büttner – 5th Generation) Order for the construction of four modern 38.000 tdw IMO 2 products-/ chemical tankers
October 2019 – July 2020
Deliveries of MT “CB ADRIATIC”, “CB BALTIC”, “CB CARIBIC”, “CB PACIFIC”
Sept 2022 – corporate aquisition by Lomar Shipping, London, a maritime subsidiary of Libra Group
09th March 2021
165 years Carl Büttner with new modern corporate design