The "GAS 95", another innovative ship design from the HGK Shipping Design Center, has been sailing on the Rhine since 8 February: low-emission thanks to diesel-electric propulsion, future-oriented thanks to its "future-fuel-ready" design and reliable even in dry periods thanks to consistent draught optimization.
read more...Seafar, a Belgian technology and service provider for remote-controlled and crew-reduced inland navigation, has set up the first so-called Remote Operations Center in Germany together with its project partners HGK Shipping and Reederei Deymann.
read more...Effective May 1, 2024, Ole Trumpfheller will assume the role of Vice President and Managing Director of Maersk's North Europe Continent (NEC) Area, based in Hamburg.
read more...Norddeutsche Wasserweg Logistik (NWL) and Deutsche Binnenreederei (DBR) Hamburg declare their official merger in the container business.
read more...Total throughput decreases moderately by 4.8 percent
read more...Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk have signed an agreement for a new, long-term operational cooperation called "Gemini Cooperation", which will start in February 2025. The aim is to create a flexible and interconnected service network in maritime transportation.
read more...The Zapp IT platform - the comprehensive and mandatory IT system for the customs export process in the Port of Hamburg - is being relaunched and renamed.
read more...Rhenus Weserport Bremen is building a fully automated new rail transshipment facility for loading aluminum hydroxide and aluminum oxide at Terminal 4 of Bremen's industrial port.
read more...Identification technology and RFID
Deutsche Telekom is equipping port terminals in Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven with local 5G networks by spring 2024.
read more...The trend towards nearshoring is continuing even after the coronavirus pandemic, according to Munich-based international freight forwarder Robert Kukla. The intermodal service provider is seeing continued growth in transport from Turkey and the Maghreb states, particularly for the textile, automotive, chemicals and furniture product groups.
read more...Last August, the RoRo Car Carrier MV Cosco Shengshi moored in the northern port of Bremerhaven and started its first test shipment in order to expand the service to Europe.
read more...Both the tense economic situation in Europe, and in Germany in particular, and the geopolitical conditions continue to have an impact on handling in the Port of Hamburg.
read more...At the northern tip of Lower Saxony, the logistics service provider is preparing for the growing import of cars via Cuxhaven; in Nuremberg, Rhenus is building a new logistics center next to the existing high-bay warehouse; in Dietzenbach, Hesse, the facility is growing massively.
read more...Sensor specialist Sick and the CPO container shipping company are cooperating. Since 2020, both companies have been working on digital solutions for the maritime industry, which have now also been technically assessed by the classification society DNV.
read more...The companies want to jointly promote and expand sustainable logistics concepts on the waterway in future. Two Salzgitter subsidiaries and HGK Shipping signed a memorandum of understanding to this end on August 10.
read more...As of today, the 53-year-old will take over the operational management of BLG AutoTerminal Bremerhaven. In future, he will be responsible for the site together with Commercial Managing Director Jan Bellendorf.
read more...With the new eco reachstacker from Kalmar, Vollers can now empty containers weighing up to 32 tons directly.
read more...The difficult economic development of the global economy is affecting the handling figures of the Port of Hamburg. As in other ports in Northern Europe, seaborne cargo throughput in Hamburg is declining, although individual trade lanes are developing positively. As a universal port, Hamburg is benefiting from an increase in bulk cargo handling.
read more...Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) performed successfully in the 2022 financial year despite challenging conditions.
read more...The German Shipowners' Association (VDR) welcomes the appointment of Dieter Janecek (Alliance 90/The Greens) as the Federal Government's Maritime Coordinator.
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