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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.

Hapag-Lloyd reports strong first quarter

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 12, 2022 – Hapag-Lloyd AG has reported a strong performance in the first quarter of 2022. In a strong set of results,...

Gasunie and Vopak will jointly develop future open access hydrogen import terminal infrastructure

Gasunie and Vopak today announced that they have entered into a cooperation agreement – May 2, 2022 The aim is to jointly develop future terminal...

New Russian railway service to link Germany, the Netherlands and Italy with Russia, despite sanctions

St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) April 29, 2022 – Despite massive Western sanctions against Russia for its invasion in Ukraine, the first train of the...

New rail and sea transport route from China’s Xian to Germany to bypass Russia

Xian, China (PortSEurope) April 20, 2022 – A new multimodal container transport route, that will bypass Russia, was launched on April 13 by China from the...

Port of Barcelona presents its services at Fruit Logistica Berlin and SITL Paris

The Port of Barcelona is carrying out an intense promotional activity this week with its participation in two of the most important transport and logistics...

Liebherr: Significant boost in turnover of the Liebherr Group in 2021

In 2021, the Liebherr Group achieved a turnover of € 11,639 million. Compared to the previous year, the company posted an overall increase of € 1,298...

China was the largest partner of German sea ports in container traffic in 2021

Press Release – Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) | 2022 – April 4, 2022 Maritime transport with China accounted for just over a fifth of German...

German official visits the Port of Alexandroupolis

Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) March 22, 2022 – The Consul General of Germany in Thessaloniki paid a visit to the Alexandroupolis Port Authority,...

Port of Hamburg ends handling of Russian containers

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) March 7, 2022 – On March 1, 2021, container terminal operators HHLA and Eurogate announced that all container handling to...

Port of Hamburg sees 2021 cargo at 128.7 mln tons, up +1.9%

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) February 28, 2022 – In 2021, 128.7 million tons of seaborne cargo was handled by the Port of Hamburg, up +1.9 percent on...

Hapag-Lloyd to launch China Germany Express (CGX) service

Press Release – Hapag-Lloyd – Hamburg, 16 February 2022 Hapag-Lloyd to launch China Germany Express (CGX) service New CGX to connect the south of...

HHLA exceeds revenue and EBIT expectation for 2021

According to preliminary unaudited figures, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) increased its Group revenue by 12.7 percent to € 1.465 billion in the...

TransContainer launches its first international multimodal service from China to Germany under unified CIM/SMGS consignment note

PJSC TransContainer of Delo Group has launched its first international multimodal service of cargo transportation from China to Germany under unified CIM/SMGS...

Hapag-Lloyd achieves extraordinarily strong operating result in 2021

On the basis of preliminary figures, Hapag-Lloyd’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the 2021 financial year...

Port of Hamburg increases draft to handle larger vessels

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – The Port of Hamburg has announced that draft of the harbour has been increased by 1-1.9 metres. This...

22 countries sign Clydebank Declaration to boost green shipping

London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) November 18, 2021 – Over 20 countries have signed the Clydebank Declaration to develop at least six green shipping...

Port of Hamburg: Good seaborne cargo handling result for first nine months

In the first nine months of the year, at 95.8 million tons the Port of Hamburg achieved a 2.9 percent increase in seaborne cargo throughput – November...

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