Facts and Figures
| Head office | Dortmund |
| Branch office | Hamburg (DS Schiffahrt GmbH & Co. KG) |
| Managing Partner | Jürgen Salamon |
| Inception of first fund | 1975 |
| Staff | 167 |
| Crew members | approx. 1.500 |
| Investment volume 2009 | € 412.5 million / US-$ 593.1 million |
| Investment volume (accumulated) | € 6.36 billion / US-$ 7.55 billion |
| Investment volumes broken down by fund type | - Shipping funds: € 4.18 billion / US-$ 4.66 billion |
| - Real estate funds: € 0.59 billion / US-$ 0.64 billion | |
| - Aircraft funds: € 1.50 billion / US-$ 2.14 billion | |
| - Secondary market for US life insurance policies: € 0.09 billion / US-$ 0.10 billion | |
| Equity capital raised 2009 | € 195.0 million / US-$ 273.0 million |
| Equity capital (accumulated) | € 2.82 billion / US-$ 3.55 billion |
| Equity capital broken down by fund type | - Shipping funds: € 1.97 billion / US-$ 2.21 billion |
| - Real estate funds: € 0.32 billion / US-$ 0,34 billion | |
| - Aircraft funds: € 0.70 billion / US-$ 1.00 billion | |
| - Secondary market for US life insurance policies: € 0.09 billion / US-$ 0.10 billion | |
| Number of limited partners | more than 80.000 |
| Distributions to investors in 2009 (estimated) | approx. € 109 million |
| Current number of funds | 139 |
| Fund portfolio | - 76 Shipping funds |
| - 50 Real estate funds | |
| - 11 Aircraft funds | |
| - 2 Live Value funds (secondary market for US life insurance policies) | |
| Financed fleet | 90 Vessels (10.93 million dwt) |
| (4 capesize bulker and 2 VLCC under construction) | |
| - 42 oil and product tankers (9.31 million dwt) | |
| - 33 container ships (73.886 TEU, 0.95 million dwt) | |
| - 11 bulkers (1.22 million dwt) | |
| - 2 LPG tankers (0.06 million dwt) | |
| - 2 reefers (0.01 million dwt) | |
| Vessels sold till 2010 | 4 VLCCs, 3 Aframax tankers, 1 Container ship, 2 Reefer, 2 LPG tanker, 7 Bulker |
| (2.18 million dwt) | |
| Real estate portfolio | 52 real estate properties |
| - 20 hotels | |
| - 12 retirement homes | |
| - 9 shopping malls | |
| - 6 properties abroad | |
| - 4 office/commercial buildings | |
| - 1 logistics property | |
| Aircraft financing | 12 aircrafts |
| - 6 Airbus A 380-800 | |
| - 2 Airbus A 319 | |
| - 1 BOEING 777-200LR | |
| - 3 BOEING 777-300ER | |
| Secondary market for US life insurance policies | - Life Value I (sum insured: US$ 211.5 million) |
| - Life Value II (45 index certificates) |
