Three years later in 1997, DSR Senator was in financial difficulties, after which the South Korean shipping company Hanjin Shipping, already holding the majority share (80%) of the Senator Line took over (another 10% were each owned by the Bremen investment company BiG, and the Hamburg shipping company F. Laeisz).
Drei Jahre darauf befand sich DSR-Senator in finanzieller Schieflage, woraufhin die südkoreanische Reederei Hanjin Shipping 1997 die Anteilsmehrheit (80 %) der Senator Linie übernahm (weitere 10 % lagen jeweils bei der Bremer Investitionsgesellschaft BiG und der Hamburger Reederei F. Laeisz).