Duisport volume up around 5% to 68 Mt

The national port associations miss commitments on seaport financing from Berlin. “It seems as if the government has run out of steam.” / Written by Harry de Wilt

The merger process is scheduled for completion by late August and will apply retroactively from January 1 2024.

German ports are focusing on infrastructure developments, electrification, automation and digitalisation.

Germany is planning a steep increase in motorway tolls for goods transport to fund the development of rail infrastructure.

Union says employer group’s latest offer is “a classic sham” and calls for a 24-hour strike at the ports of Emden, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Brake, Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg starting on Thursday, 23 June.

The small inland port of Bückeburg-Berenbusch on Germany’s Mittel-landkanal is fully open for business, following the demolition of redundant warehouses and renewal of its rail infrastructure.