Milestone on route to fairway adjustment: Compensation areas for hemlock water dropwort identified
On 23 May, the Federal Administrative Court delivered its written judgement to the court’s decision of 9 February this year to the parties fighting the law suit. Both the Federal and Hamburg administrations have already been working since Februar...
TCO goes for rail – taking containers from Hamburg to China
Rail is continually picking up speed in container transport to and from China. This trend has now been apparent for some years. The players involved include rail transport via the Silk Road in their planning more and more frequently. For TCO Transcargo, t...
Port of Hamburg handles 104 million tons of seaborne freight in the first nine months.
Port of Hamburg set to profit from CETA free trade agreement with Canada. Comprising the general and bulk cargo segments, seaborne cargo handling in Hamburg during the first nine months at 104.3 million tons was at a stable level. At 6.8 million TEU (20-f...
Investments, innovations and transnational co-operation needed to strengthen inland shipping
Enhancing inland navigation is essential to cope with constantly growing transport volumes within the Baltic Sea Region and Europe in a sustainable way. Inland navigation must be further developed as an integral part of a multimodal and sustainable transp...
Enhanced capacity for handling ultra-heavy cargoes – 600-ton crane now stationed in Port of Hamburg
Since the beginning of the year the Port of Hamburg has offered an optimized service portfolio for handling ultra-heavy loads. With an unit load capacity of 600 tons, ‘Enak’ is the most powerful salvage/floating crane in Germany. This heavyweight was ...
The universal Port of Hamburg in 2018 first half.
Distinct rise in railborne container transport – more conventional general cargo again, less bulk cargo – container throughput slightly lower In the first half of 2018 the Port of Hamburg achieved total throughput of 66.5 million tons. That represente...
Bigger share of modal split envisaged for inland shipping in the Baltic Sea Region
A vision for inland waterway transport (IWT) in the Baltic Sea Region as well as means to strengthen inland shipping were highlighted in Brussels this week, when about 90 participants from around the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) gathered to discuss the future ...
Port of Hamburg – strong first-quarter growth powers upswing
• Seaborne cargo throughput reaches 34.6 million tons (up 6.0 percent) • USA now second largest trading partner in container traffic • Container throughput increases by 6.4 percent to 2.3 million TEU • Hinterland traffic growth: 8.0 percent German...
Kick Off for Elbe river dredging
Good news for shipping and Hamburg’s port customers throughout the world: The works for the adjustment of the fairway has been started yesterday. With the arrival of the hopper dredger “Scheldt River” the deepening and widening works of the river El...
Container shipping into the hinterland on a good track
The transport of containers by barge from and to the Port of Hamburg is picking up speed. Contrary to the nationwide result with a decline of 4.1 percent, the Port of Hamburg recorded an increase of 13 percent in container transport by inland waterway ves...
The Port of Hamburg Again Honored as “Best Logistics Brand”
The members of the logistics network BVL and the readers of the trade paper LOGISTIK HEUTE once again named the Port of Hamburg as the “Best Logistics Brand of 2020” in the category of seaports. The port was previously awarded the title in 2017. The w...
Lower first-quarter seaborne cargo throughput in the Port of Hamburg – repercussions of the corona crisis make their mark
• First-quarter seaborne cargo throughput was 7.9 percent lower this year at 31.9 million tons. Container handling reached 2.2 million TEU, down by 6.6 percent. • Throughput on seaport-hinterland services was less seriously hit by the downturn. Even G...
First call in Hamburg by world’s largest containership: ‘HMM ALGECIRAS’
On Sunday, 7 June the ‘HMM ALGECIRAS’, new flagship of South Korean liner shipping company HMM – formerly Hyundai Merchant Marine – called at the Port of Hamburg on her maiden voyage. In Hamburg she was handled at HHLA Container Terminal Burchardk...
Vietnam – dynamic trading partner for the Port of Hamburg
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement has entered into force on August 1 2020. Trade between the Port of Hamburg and Vietnam, which has already increased in recent years, should continue to benefit from this agreement. Although the corona-related developmen...
Corona pandemic reduces seaborne cargo throughput in Port of Hamburg
First-half seaborne cargo handling was twelve percent lower at 61.2 million tons. Container throughput was 12.4 percent down at 4.1 million TEU. Only too evident worldwide, the negative repercussions of the Corona pandemic are also affecting the throughpu...
“HMM HAMBURG” Makes Its First Call in Hamburg
With the first call of the “HMM HAMBURG”, another ship of the so-called “Megamax-24 class” headed for the port of Hamburg last night. The “HMM HAMBURG” is one of 12 new container ships of the South Korean liner shipping company HMM (fo...
PEKING returns to Hamburg!
After 88 years the historic four-masted barque PEKING returned to its home port. Monday morning, the former sailing cargo ship left the shipyard “Peters Werft”, where it was successfully restored on behalf of the Hamburg Maritime Foundation (Stiftung ...
Partnership Agreement between leading Hamburg Port Authority and Tanger Med Port Authority
In an online ceremony on October 27, Hamburg Port Authority and Tanger Med Port Authority signed a Letter of Intent to form a partnership. Both Hamburg Port Authority and Tanger Med Port Authority hold strong leadership positions in their respective regio...
