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.
153 kg of cocaine seized in Germany’s Wilhelmshaven port
Wilhelmshaven, Germany (Ports Europe) January 4, 2025 – Some 153 kg of cocaine were discovered aboard a freighter arriving from Colombia at Germany’s...
546 kg of cocaine bound for Spain seized in Guayaquil port, Eduador
Guayaquil, Ecuador (Ports Europe) December 31, 2024 – Some 546 kg of cocaine were seized in Ecuador’s port of Guayaquil before being shipped to Spain in a...
HHLA proceeds with Burchardkai terminal automation
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) December 30, 2024 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is continuing with the automation of port equipment at its...
Almost five times less cocaine seized in Hamburg port in 2024
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Around five tonnes of cocaine were discovered in Germany’s port of Hamburg so far in 2024,...
Intermodal Container Terminal Conference in Düsseldorf in April’25
Düsseldorf, Germany (Ports Europe) December 20, 2024 – The Intermodal Container Terminal Conference (ICTC) 2025, the premier event for logistics and...
Chinese man arrested in Kiel naval base, Germany
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) December 19, 2024 – The German public broadcaster has reported that a Chinese man was arrested yesterday at the Kiel-Wik...
HHLA CTA terminal receives first remote-controlled container gantry crane
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) December 16, 2024 – Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) receives three new highly automated container gantry cranes, the...
European companies launch alliance for H2med Southwestern Hydrogen Corridor
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) December 13, 2024 – A number of leading European companies have created a new alliance to support the H2Med Southwestern...
Cocaine washed up in German North Sea island beaches
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) December 6, 2024 – In the last three days, approximately 150 kg of cocaine in several packages have been discovered on...
Intermodal container conference in Düsseldorf in April’25
Düsseldorf, Germany (Ports Europe) December 5, 2024 – The Intermodal Container Terminal Conference (ICTC) 2025 will take place at the Hilton Dusseldorf...
MSC Group completes acquisition of minority stake in HHLA
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE, a subsidiary of the MSC Group, yesterday announced the...
DEME awarded contract to build offshore wind terminal in Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven, Germany (Ports Europe) November 28, 2024 – DEME has been awarded a contract to construct an offshore wind terminal in the Port of Cuxhaven in...
Ports of Hamburg and Vancouver plan cooperation
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 26, 2024 – Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) and the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority in Canada have signed a...
Update: Chinese ship investigated for severed Baltic’s undersea cables
Stockholm, Sweden (Ports Europe) November 20, 2024 – Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 is under investigation by Sweden for the two severed underwater...
Underwater cables in Baltic Sea damaged again
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – A 1,170 km undersea fibre-optic cable connecting the port of Helsinki, Finland to Rostock port,...
MSC meets conditions to acquire 49.9% of HHLA
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – As of November 14, 2024, all closing conditions for the takeover offer of Port of Hamburg...
Ukraine monopolies commission approves MSC-HHLA deal
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – On 14 November, the Antimonopoly Commission of Ukraine (AMK) approved the deal for Mediterranean...
HHLA reports positive growth in the first nine months of 2024
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 14, 2024 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has reported that in the first nine months of 2024 container...
EUROKAI reports TEU handling up over 10% in Jan-Sep 2024
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 13, 2024 – In the first nine months of 2024, EUROKAI container terminals handled 9.12 million TEUs, up 10.4% on...
Four ports in Northern Europe receive EU cold ironing funds
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – With joint support of €18.8 million from the EU fund Connecting Europe Facility for the project...