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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.

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...

European Supply Chain Management Strategies summit

Munich, Germany (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – The 8th European Supply Chain Management Strategies summit on November 5 and 6 in Munich,...

HHLA presents hydrogen projects at Hydrogen Technology Expo Europe

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) presented its hydrogen projects at this year’s Hydrogen...

Hamburg and Shanghai sign green shipping corridor agreement

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) October 23, 2024 – The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) and the Port of Shanghai have signed a memorandum of understanding to...

Another large cocaine seizure linked to port of Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) October 15, 2024 – A large quantity of cocaine was seized during a raid in Neu Wulmstorf on the Hamburg city limits by German...

Konecranes delivers electric transport system to HHLA

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) October 10, 2024 – Konecranes has started delivery of its latest order for Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA)....

HHLA joins the ‘Hamburg Declaration on the Decarbonisation of Global Shipping’.

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) October 9, 2024 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has joined the ‘Hamburg Declaration on the Decarbonisation of...

Event: IAPH World Ports Conference 2024, October 8-10, Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) October 7, 2024 – The IAPH World Ports Conference 2024 is taking place 8-10 October at the Hamburg Congress Centre...

EU Commission approves MSC’s entry into HHLA

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) October 7, 2024 – In a statement, the European Commission in Brussels said that the planned merger between MSC and HHLA...

Ports of Hamburg and Singapore sign cooperation agreement

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The Ports of Hamburg (HPA) and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have signed a...

Cocaine worth €100 million seized in Hamburg port

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 29, 2024 – More than 2 tonnes of cocaine were seized near Germany’s North Sea port of Hamburg on September 25...

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