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Thursday, September 14, 2023
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News

Hapag-Lloyd CEO: Counter Offer for HHLA Would Not be in our Interest

BERLIN, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen said on Thursday that it would not be in the container shipper’s interest to make

September 14, 2023
Total Views: 1455

Wednesday, September 13, 2023
HHLA's Container Terminal Burchardkai in Hamburg. Photo: HHLA/Thies Rätzke
Shipping

Battle Heats up for Hamburg Port Operator as MSC Makes Offer

BERLIN, Sept 13 (Reuters) – MSC, the world’s biggest container shipping company, has offered to buy almost half of the main

September 13, 2023
Total Views: 1226

Monday, June 19, 2023
Deal Reached for COSCO Stake in German Container Terminal
Ports

Deal Reached for COSCO Stake in German Container Terminal

German port owner Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has finalized its agreement with a unit of Chinese shipping giant COSCO for a stake in a key container

June 19, 2023
Total Views: 1469

Thursday, April 6, 2023
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Ports

Europol Reveals How Organized Crime Infiltrates Major European Ports

Joint analysis report reveals how criminal networks exploit misappropriated container reference codes to smuggle drugs and illegal goods into the EU. Europol

April 6, 2023
Total Views: 1993

Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Union Worker Strike Closes Germany’s Hamburg Port to Large Ships
Ports

Union Worker Strike Closes Germany’s Hamburg Port to Large Ships

BERLIN, March 22 (Reuters) – The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has closed the port to large ships because of a strike announced by the Verdi

March 22, 2023
Total Views: 3682

Sunday, January 8, 2023
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Ports

China’s Cosco Nearing Hamburg Port Deal 

BERLIN, Jan 6 (Reuters) – German logistics firm HHLA HHFGn.DE and Cosco 601919.SS are close to finalising an agreement for

January 8, 2023
Total Views: 1550

Monday, November 21, 2022
UK Roro Ship discharging Army tanks
Defense

German Ports Are More Important Than Patriot Missiles Says US Army General

The former commander of United States Army Europe says that ports are more important to NATO than patirot missiles systems as he warns against China’s

November 21, 2022
Total Views: 5141

Thursday, October 27, 2022
Olaf Scholz Suggests Europe Should ‘Diversify’ By Selling More Ports To China
Ports

Olaf Scholz Suggests Europe Should ‘Diversify’ By Selling More Ports To China

by Andreas Rinke (Reuters) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday stressed the need for Europe to diversify its relations to ensure it is not dependent on

October 27, 2022
Total Views: 2067

Wednesday, October 26, 2022
China Shipping Containers
Ports

Hamburg Port Sale To China Unleashes Protest

While NATO and most of the international defense community – including US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and US Transportation Command General Van

October 26, 2022
Total Views: 4880

Tuesday, October 25, 2022
cosco containership
Ports

Germany Unlikely To Block China Port Buy

By Christian Kraemer (Reuters) – Germany may allow China’s Cosco to take a smaller stake than originally planned in a Hamburg port terminal, in

October 25, 2022
Total Views: 1014

Sunday, October 23, 2022
Port Of Hamburg
Ports

EU Warned Germany Against China Port Buy

by Markus Wacket (Reuters) The European Commission warned the German government last spring not to approve an investment by China’s Cosco into

October 23, 2022
Total Views: 7413

Friday, October 21, 2022
cosco shipping
Ports

German Chancellor Tries to Quell Dispute Over Port Deal with China’s COSCO

By Arne Delfs and Birgit Jennen (Bloomberg) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz denied reports that he has already reached a decision over the disputed sale

October 21, 2022
Total Views: 1083

Thursday, September 22, 2022
china cosco ship
Ports

Hamburg Port Backs COSCO Terminal Acquisition Over German Government’s China Concerns

By William Wilkes and Arne Delfs (Bloomberg) — Hamburg Hafen und Logistik AG said the German government shouldn’t block a Chinese acquisition of a

September 22, 2022
Total Views: 980

Monday, September 19, 2022
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Ports

Hamburg Mayor Says Rejecting China COSCO Bid for Container Terminal Would Be Competitive Disadvantage

BERLIN, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Germany would put its port of Hamburg at a competitive disadvantage if it quashed a bid from China’s Cosco to

September 19, 2022
Total Views: 1279

Monday, June 13, 2022
German Ports Brace for More Strikes as Pay Talks Fail
Ports

German Ports Brace for More Strikes as Pay Talks Fail

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Shipping lines serving North Europe’s third-biggest container port, Hamburg, are bracing for further industrial

June 13, 2022
Total Views: 2632

Wednesday, September 22, 2021
COSCO Shipping Unit Takes Minority Stake in Favored Hamburg Container Terminal
Ports

COSCO Shipping Unit Takes Minority Stake in Favored Hamburg Container Terminal

The port operations arm of COSCO Shipping will buy a minority stake in Port of Hamburg’s Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT), the main calling point for

September 22, 2021
Total Views: 984

Thursday, November 21, 2019
port of Hamburg
Maritime News

Port of Hamburg Reports Strong Growth So Far in 2019

The Port of Hamburg saw strong growth in the first nine months of 2019, with seaborne cargo throughput rising by 3.2 percent to 104 million tons, At that rate,

November 21, 2019
Total Views: 57

Friday, August 16, 2019
containership
Maritime News

Port of Hamburg Reports Strong First Half

The Port of Hamburg reported strong growth in the first half of 2019 with seaborne cargo rising by over 4 percent helped by the solid growth in general cargo.

August 16, 2019
Total Views: 5

Monday, August 5, 2019
Maritime News

Record Drug Bust at Port of Hamburg

BERLIN (Reuters) – German authorities on Friday said they had seized 4.5 tonnes of cocaine worth 1 billion euros ($1.11 billion) in the northern port

August 5, 2019
Total Views: 73

Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Elbe River Dredging Kicks Off
Maritime News

Elbe River Dredging Kicks Off

The project to widen and deepen the Elbe River has kicked off with the arrival of DEME Group’s hopper dredger ‘Scheldt River’. The project consists of

July 24, 2019
Total Views: 27
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