Germany
Germany is a European Union (EU) country in Central Europe, situated between the North and Baltic Seas. It has the largest economy in Europe. Its main seaports are on its Northern coastline: Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven. It also has the large inland port of Duisburg.
Railways play a catch-up game to larger ports
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) August 14, 2023 – When a large vessel carrying for example 5,000 containers arrives at a port, the terminal is, for a...
RailFreight Connects in Bremen in September
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – Ports around Europe have been increasing their investments in rail in past years. However, many questions...
New all-electric floating crane from Liebherr
Rostock, Germany (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – Liebherr’s new all-electric crane CBG 500 E combines state-of-the-art drive technologies with in-house...
Largest Linde forklift model excels in electric version
Rostock, Germany (PortSEurope) July 10, 2023 – E-mobility is becoming ever more important and is set to help reduce noise emissions in production...
PSA International will acquire 22% stake in Duisburg Gateway Terminal
Duisberg, Germany (PortSEurope) July 6, 2023 – Singapore-based PSA International Pte Ltd has signed agreements to acquire a 22% minority stake in...
German president visits ports in Kazakhstan
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 22, 2023 – German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has completed a state visit to Kazakhstan, as part of a...
Conference in Bremen: Rail-port connections
Bremen, Germany (PortSEurope) June 20, 2023 – Ports are embracing rail and make huge efforts and investments to efficientize the connection with...
Fincantieri signs service contract for German submarines
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – Fincantieri has signed a contract with the Directorate of Naval Armaments of the Secretariat General of...
World Bank publishes “The Container Port Performance Index 2022
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – The World Bank has published “The Container Port Performance Index 2022: A Comparable Assessment of...
HHLA sees container traffic down over 18% in Q1 2023
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023, container throughput at HHLA’s container terminals decreased overall by...
Hapag-Lloyd Q1 2023: good resilience in weaker market
Hapag-Lloyd has concluded the first quarter of 2023 with an EBITDA of USD 2.4 billion (EUR 2.2 billion). EBIT decreased to USD 1.9 billion (EUR 1.7 billion)...
COSCO to acquire 24.9% stake in Hamburg Container Terminal
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 11, 2023 – The German government has approved for China’s state-owned COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd to acquire a...
“Ports of Spain” present at present Transport Logistic fair in Munich
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 10, 2023 – Sixteen Spanish port authorities (A Coruña, Almería, Bahía de Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao,...
German diplomats in Aktau before their President’s visit
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) May 10, 2023 – On May 4, a delegation of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Astana, headed by the...
Bilbao port delegation to visit “transport logistic” international trade fair
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 8, 2023 – The Port Authority of Bilbao and UniportBilbao, together with VIAL – Vitoria Álava Solución...
German ambassador visits Batumi Seaport
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – Ulan Tleugali, General Director of Batumi Seaport LLC, has met with Peter Fischer, Ambassador of the...
Port of Ravenna exports BMWs to South Korea
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) April 14, 2023 – The Port of Ravenna is part of a logistics chain which exports BMWs from Germany to South Korea. The...