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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.

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...

Samskip increases Duisburg rail services to add to North-South routes

Duisburg, Germany (Ports Europe) April 30, 2023 – Samskip has increased its Duisburg rail services to add to North-South routes. The comany has added...

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...

COSCO stake in Hamburg terminal remains undecided

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – The German government remains undecided about any future equity stake of China’s COSCO Shipping...

New rail container service links PSA Genoa with Stuttgart

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) April 7, 2023 – A new rail service for containers will link PSA Genoa with Stuttgart in Germany. Commencing May 4, 2023, the...

TX Logistik AG – Intermodal triangular traffic launched between four countries

In order to shift more goods to rail, TX Logistik AG successfully launched an international triangular service for intermodal transports in mid-March –...

HHLA reports container throughout down -7.9% in 2022

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) March 23, 2023 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has reported group-wide container throughput decreased by -7.9% to...

Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane takes stake in Duisburg Terminal

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Samskip, duisport and TX Logistik AG will jointly operate a combined transport terminal at logport III in...

Tailwind Shipping Lines is launching a new liner service

Hamburg, 16 February 2023 – Less than a year after its founding, Tailwind Shipping Lines is launching a new liner service that will particularly focus on...

European Sea Ports Organisation conference in Bremen on June 1 and 2

Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) February 1, 2023 – The 19th European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) conference will be held in the German city of Bremen on...

COSCO SHIPPING Ports to take 24.9% stake in Hamburg’s Tollerort container terminal 

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) January 10, 2023 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports will be allowed to acquire a 24.9% stake in Hamburg’s Tollerort container...

Austria’s Gebrüder Weiss builds up logistics links in Turkey

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) December 7, 2022 – Austria’s Gebrüder Weiss is building up logistics links in Turkey which it sees a a key link in...

COSCO sells stake in Duisburg Gateway Terminal

Duisburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 1, 2022 – China’s COSCO has sold its 30% stake in Duisburg Gateway Terminal. The transaction took place...

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