Rapid access to Port of Hamburg rail service schedules
Port of Hamburg Marketing’s online database offers updated overview of port’s container block-train services. Rail operators offer almost 2,000 weekly container block-train services to/from the Port of Hamburg. The hafen-hamburg.de website contains a ...
Port-Stakeholders in Hamburg favour alternative drives
A survey, part of the Interreg Europe funded project SMOOTH PORTS activities, among participants shows which measures to reduce CO2 in the Port of Hamburg are also promising from a business point of view. Companies and associations from the Port of Hambur...
Consequences of COVID Pandemic Affect the Port of Hamburg’s 2020 Throughput
Seaborne cargo throughput in the Port of Hamburg performed better than expected in the fourth quarter of 2020. The upward trend has been noticeable since the third quarter. Seaborne cargo throughput in the fourth quarter was even around three percent high...
Greening the Fleet – Actions and Potentials in the Inland Waterway and Short Sea Shipping Transport Sector
The global economy has been suffering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic for the better part of the last year. The shipping sector was hit especially hard and is still expecting to see a decrease in transport volumes one year later. Meanwhile, major iss...
New Silk Road: Services between Hamburg and Xuzhou successfully established
The Port of Hamburg is a top destination for rail services between China and Germany. Since November last year, a new link has become established between Xuzhou and Hamburg. The Port of Hamburg expects at least two more trains from the Chinese city of Xuz...
HPA starts construction of additional shore power facilities plus know how exchange
To achieve the goals of its clean air plan and reach an important milestone towards climate neutrality in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the city’s legislature has commissioned Hamburg Port Authority – HPA to supervise planning and constructi...
Smooth Ports completes the first project phase of the project
Under the lead of the Ministry of Economy and Innovation of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the partners have completed the first phase of the EU project ‘Smooth Ports’. Thanks to funding provided by Interreg Europe, ports and port authorities...
Air Products and the Hamburg Port Authority Sign Memorandum of Understanding
Accelerating a Comprehensive Hydrogen Value Chain in the Port of Hamburg: Air Products and the Hamburg Port Authority Sign Memorandum of Understanding Air Products (NYSE:APD) and the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) today announced that they will work togethe...
Passing on the baton at Port of Hamburg Marketing
Ralf Johanning will succeed Bengt van Beuningen as press spokesman. Mathias Schulz takes over as Head of Communication. On 31 August 2022 Bengt van Beuningen, Head of Communication and Information for Port of Hamburg Marketing, will as scheduled be leavin...
Port of Hamburg Europe’s Best Seaport for Third Time Running
For the third time in succession, it has received the Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain Award – AFLAS – in the ‘Best Seaport – Europe’ category. After four awards as ‘Best Seaport – Europe’ in 2015, 2016, 2020 and 2...
Hamburg Port Alliance brings relief supplies to Odessa
On Thursday, the “Hamburg-Odessa Port Bridge” action alliance, consisting of several Hamburg aid organisations, companies and associations, sent urgently needed relief supplies to Odessa. The recipient is a children’s hospital in the Ode...
CLARION Project Takes the Lead in Strengthening European Ports’ Resilience
CLARION Project was kicked off in Rotterdam and Delft, The Netherlands. Funded by the Horizon Europe Programme (Project 101147041 — CLARION) and coordinated by TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, the Geotechnical Engineering Section,...
The Port of Hamburg begins the year on a positive note
Container handling figures show positive trend USA traffic sets new record Increase in ship calls Slight increase in hinterland rail traffic Container throughput improved to 1.9 million TEU in the first quarter of 2024 – despite tense geopolitical a...
German-Lithuanian Maritime Forum: Working together for a sustainable future
At the German-Lithuanian Maritime Forum, the ports of Klaipėda, Kiel and Hamburg as well as the shipping company DFDS emphasised their close cooperation. Co-operation in the maritime industry between Lithuania and Germany continues to grow. This is one...
Change at the HHM representative office in Hungary
After 13 years as head of the HHM representative office in Budapest, Krisztina Kovacs is retiring. She learnt her trade at a Hungarian freight forwarding company before moving to the Multimar shipping agency. “We would like to thank Krisztina Kovacs...
Hamburg Scores Points for Sustainable Transport
Increase in loaded container handling Continued growth in U.S. trade volumes Rise in calls by medium-sized and smaller vessels Expansion of sustainable transport initiatives Container handling in the Port of Hamburg remained steady in the first half of 20...
Korsør Port’s plan to implement a shore power facility
The project “Renewable Energy Development and Intelligent Implementation in Ports – REDII Ports” focuses on renewable energy from the perspective of a port authority. Launched in 2023 the 15 partners from seven countries inside the North Sea Reg...
