4. Please describe how you are connected to the German flag.

The first ship I was based on during my apprenticeship – CAP FINISTERRE – was under German Flag and there was always a connection with the German Flag during the next almost 24 years at Hamburg Süd as well as later at Offen Group. During my studies as ship's mechanic and as an internship counselor, after university as an engineer and later in the office, I repeatedly had German-flagged ships to manage and was in direct contact with the land-based representatives of the German Flag.