By May 2010, 69 multipurpose heavy-lift carriers were in service for the company, with crane capacities reaching 1,400 tons in tandem usage (P-series).

[3] The company offered trade lane management but concentrated on tramp shipping, meaning each transport was organized individually according to the requirements of the cargo and the port of loading and destination.

By March 2009, the company ran twelve branch offices on five continents: Rotterdam, The Netherlands; London, United Kingdom; Stavanger, Norway; Moscow, Russia; Mumbai, India; Shanghai and Beijing, China; Tokyo, Japan; Singapore; Sydney, Australia; São Paulo, Brazil and Houston, United States.

Oaktree subsequently founded a new heavy-lift shipping company with part of the Beluga Fleet, the Hamburg-based Hansa Heavy Lift.

Beluga Shipping GmbH formed a holding company and was responsible for the strategic planning, finance, marketing, human resources etc.

Beluga Shipping operated the world's first newly built vessel co-powered by wind using a towing kite system.

It was first tested on the ship Beluga SkySails, launched December 15, 2007 in Hamburg, which was equipped with a sail that could reduce fuel consumption by 5.5% on parts of the route.

The company was recognised by Hermann Simon as a role model for other small to medium-sized business in his book Hidden Champions.

[10] In February 2013, the Bremen public prosecutor opened a new process against Niels Stolberg and a Dutch shipping company for having engaged in credit fraud in the amount of 93 million Euro.

[11] The companies are accused of having declared much higher production costs of ships to their banks and credit-granting institutions, thus raising the latter's share from 70% to 100%.

The training vessels were equipped with an additional deck including the accommodation for the cadets, a class room and a maritime library.