We all sail in the same boat
Our partners
We take the motto in Kiel "We all sail in the same boat" literally, because only together can we manage this mega event. Our partners support the city of Kiel with their commitment. Be it financially or with their co-operation. We offer them the appropriate stage for this: our Storydeck.
Host City Presenting Partner
Casino Schleswig-Holstein
Our casinos – Spielbank Flensburg GmbH, Spielbank Kiel GmbH, Spielbank Lübeck GmbH and Spielbank Schenefeld GmbH – are firmly anchored in the region and are subject to the supervision of the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of the Interior.
Host City Premium Partner
ACO
Water is our element. Our mission: ACO. we care for water. As the world's leading WaterTech company, ACO stands for technical innovation and the protection of water and people worldwide. That's why we are a proud Premium Partner of the Ocean Race Europe 2025 in Kiel.
Schleswig-Holstein. Germany’s True North.
Welcome to Germany’s True North, which inspires with two seas, unspoiled nature and a unique quality of life. Here, down-to-earthness meets innovative spirit and a strong economy with numerous small and medium-sized companies, many of which are world market or technology leaders, ensures a wide range of career opportunities.
Host City Local Partner
Förde Sparkasse
At the second largest savings bank in Schleswig-Holstein, around 1,100 employees cater to the needs of customers. The financial institution is characterised by a deep connection to the region and sustainable social commitment.
Ministry for Energy Transition, Climate Protection, Environment and Nature
As a state between two seas – the North Sea and the Baltic Sea – the state of Schleswig-Holstein has a special responsibility for marine conservation. The Ministry for Energy Transition, Climate Protection, Environment and Nature organizes and promotes the protection of nature, the environment, oceans, coasts and the climate.
Stadtwerke Kiel
Stadtwerke Kiel supplies the region with electricity, gas, water and district heating. We deliver our products wherever private households and businesses need them, providing our customers with a secure and reliable service each and every day.
CCI Schleswig-Holstein
The CCI Schleswig-Holstein, as a working association of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry Flensburg, Kiel and Lübeck, represents the economic interests of businesses along the coast. With our maritime focus, we promote sustainable marine economy and aim to “meerrmachen”.
Tanis | Von der Mosel
As a leading law firm for yacht law, we support yacht owners, shipyards and insurers with customised advice and representation. Our involvement in the Ocean Race Europe 2025 emphasises our passion for sailing and our commitment to legal safety in our home port of Kiel and on all the world's oceans.
ADDIX
Sustainability meets technology – why ADDIX supports the Ocean Race: The Ocean Race embodies proximity to the sea, the pursuit of sustainability and a desire for technological innovation - values that also drive us at ADDIX. As an IT service provider with a data centre powered by 100% green electricity on the Kiel Fjord, our mission is sustainable digitalisation.
Host City Media Partner
YACHT
For over 100 years, YACHT has been as versatile and captivating as sailing itself. Every fortnight it combines information with emotion. YACHT delivers tough tests, up-to-date area reports and in-depth service articles as well as gripping regatta reports, stories of circumnavigations and portraits of those who live and breathe sailing. and all this from an editorial team that is on the water as often as possible.
Host City Partner
Partner in Spirit
Further articles
An introduction by Dr Mark Lenz from GEOMAR at SEALEVEL
“Deep-sea research is just as hostile to humans as space exploration.”
Ein gelber Glider in Kiel hat weltweit Daten gesammelt und hilft, das globale Meer-Atmosphäre-System zu verstehen. Darunter ist die Tiefsee noch weitestgehend unbekannt. Hinter den Kulissen vom Aufbau der Ausstellung SEALEVEL.
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Arved Fuchs starts OCEAN CHANGE 2025 expedition
Arved Fuchs und sein Segelschiff DAGMAR AAEN brechen zur nächsten Etappe ihrer Klima- Expedition auf. Bereits im zehnten Jahr setzt der Bad Bramstedter seine wissenschaftliche Expeditionsreihe OCEAN CHANGE fort, um die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Meere zu erforschen.
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Björn Both for us at THW in front of 10,000 fans: “Nothing comes from nothing.”
In the end, THW clearly won the home game – but there were three other winners that evening: the German Committee of the UN Ocean Decade, the THW initiative För de Küste as host and host city partner of The Ocean Race Europe - and the Ocean Race Europe itself, which was announced by Björn Both. Björn is not only the frontman of Santiano, but a sailor himself and a tireless ambassador for marine conservation.