New German port strategy heavily criticised for the “money later” angle
NewsThe national port associations miss commitments on seaport financing from Berlin. "It seems as if the government has run out of steam." / Wr...
German seaports planning for their long-term future
NewsGerman ports are focusing on infrastructure developments, electrification, automation and digitalisation....
German road tolls to double
NewsGermany is planning a steep increase in motorway tolls for goods transport to fund the development of rail infrastructure....
Ver.di calls for 24-hour strike
NewsUnion says employer group’s latest offer is “a classic sham” and calls for a 24-hour strike at the ports of Emden, Bremerhaven, Bremen...
Trimodal Bückeburg
NewsThe small inland port of Bückeburg-Berenbusch on Germany’s Mittel-landkanal is fully open for business, following the demolition of redun...
Port of Brake investment
NewsPorts of Lower Saxony (NPorts) has announced an investment round of €17.5M in the Port of Brake, made up of €8.5M for infrastructure and...
New plan for Hamburg port
NewsThe Hamburg Ministry of Economics, Transport and Innovation expects to publish Port Potential 2040, its new long-term port development plan,...
One down but there’s more to go
NewsThe Elbe River deepening project is largely complete, but Germany’s sea ports face several more strategic challenges....
Freight sector set to benefit from the overhaul of German railways
NewsGermany’s transport department (BMVI) has identified 181 rail infrastructure projects worth €40B to provide a synchronised nationwide ra...
Wilhelmshaven adding more strings to its bow at Hamburg’s expense
NewsIn May, HHLA Hamburg learnt that Hapag-Lloyd, its anchor customer at and stakeholder in Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA), would be trans...
Eurogate’s Westerweiterung wins court battle
NewsThe Hamburg Higher Administrative Court has rejected an appeal by local residents against the westward expansion (Westerweiterung) of Euroga...
No Westerweiterung
NewsThe longstanding project to extend Eurogate’s Container Terminal Hamburg westwards by 38-ha (Westerweiterung) had apparently cleared all l...
KIK-LEE for depots
NewsHamburger Container Service GmbH (HCS) and Fraunhofer Institut CML are collaborating on a project called KIK-LEE to reduce truck congestion ...
Optimising rail efficiency
NewsVoestalpine’s Steel Division in Linz, Austria, is now optimising its rail transport logistics between Hamburg and the plant in Linz using ...
Ambitious Brake seeking bigger role in Nordic and Russian forest products
NewsJ Müller Group has commissioned two new sheds dedicated to handling forestry pulp at its facility on the Niedersachsenkai in Germany’s Po...