Hamburg operators protest Steinwerder plan

Air Products and Hamburg Port Authority will work together, under a Memorandum of Understanding, to identify potential ways of establishing a comprehensive hydrogen value chain across the port of Hamburg; separately, Spanish companies link up in SuntoWh2eel project

German forwarding agents fear loss of business due to Maersk’s “Spot” booking product

The world’s first 24-across container vessel, the 23,800 TEU MSC GÜLSÜN, currently the world’s largest container ship, docked for the first time on 19th August at MSC Gate terminal in Bremerhaven, but questions are being raised in the German ports community

Germany’s biggest sea port handled 135.1 Mt of seaborne cargo in 2018, down 1% on 2017. There was a small downturn in bulk cargo throughput, while loaded container numbers were steady

The Port of Hamburg reports that a crucial “pinchpoint” along the Elbe fairway will be widened in 2019, with completion scheduled for the end of the year

VTG is expanding its service portfolio with the new VTG FastTrack service. The company says it can offer a block train for “last minute transportation” to and from the Port of Hamburg via a specially developed online portal