Port of Kiel ‣ WorldCargo News

Kiel wins prestigious LED lighting award

News2 Oct 2021

The façade illumination makes the port’s shore power supply visible from afar, emphasising its efforts to reduce climate impact...

News8 Sep 2021

The Port of Kiel is now connected to Verona, over the new Hannover Lehrte steel wheel hub and the Brenner...

News14 Aug 2021

Traffic increased 8.25% year-on-year with ferry-borne truck and trailer loads up by 12.7%...

News19 Jun 2021

Onshore power plant at Kiel’s Ostseekai has been inaugurated, and the first installation at CMP port is nearing completion at the Dampfær...

News10 Feb 2021

Here are recent results from three ports in the Swedish/Baltic space, indicating cargo resilience in a turbulent year...

News12 Dec 2020

The new connection in Kiel is capable of reducing CO2 E from the STENA SCANDINAVICA and STENA GERMANICA by 2,700 tpa. Separately, Stena Line...

News22 Jan 2020

Throughput at terminals operated by the Port of Kiel (Kiel Seehafen GmbH) increased 1.9% to 6.8 Mt, while independently-run bulk handling bu...

News9 Nov 2019

The Port of Kiel’s train formation station at Meimersdorf is now prepared for 740m long trains, helping to build on the port’s existing ...

News19 Jan 2019

Germany’s Port of Kiel recorded 2.2M cruise and ropax passengers (+ 4.2%) and again over 7 Mt of cargo handled, although that was down 3.5...

News13 Jan 2019

Color Line has added a ro-ro freighter service to its Oslo-Kiel route, to shift more cargo from road to sea...

News27 Oct 2018

Construction work on shore power at the Color Line berth is now under way, to be followed by installations at other berths...

News1 Aug 2018

As well as installing shore power at the Color Line berth (WorldCargo News, July 2018, p3), the Port of Kiel, which is handling 2M passenger...

News24 Jan 2018

In 2017 the Port of Kiel handled more than 7 Mt for the first time...

News1 May 2017

The expansion of the Port of Kiel’s Ostuferhafen area has entered its fifth phase with the approval by Schleswig-Holstein state premier To...

News1 Jan 2017

Germany’s Port of Kiel is now a major hub for Swedish forestry products exports (WorldCargo News, September 2015, p52). A push barge servi...