
Second container train from Hefei handled at JadeWeserPort
Last week, the second container train from the Chinese province of Anhui arrived at JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven.

Last week, the second container train from the Chinese province of Anhui arrived at JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven.

On July 13, the first direct train from the Chinese city of Hefei in Anhui province arrived at the JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven freight village. The train departed from Hefei on 25 June with a volume of around 100 TEU, mainly household appliances, textiles and electrical goods.

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and the Munich-based truck manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus are developing and testing automated trucks for use in hub-to-hub container transport in the "Hamburg TruckPilot" project.

The Nautical Headquarters in the Port of Hamburg will be relying fully on solar energy for its energy supply in future: Q.Partner Betrieb Nordic Solar GmbH has installed a solar system with Q Cells solar modules on the roofs of the Nautical Headquarters.

For the Wallenius-Wilhelmsen Group
For the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group's deep-sea RoRo liner service from Europe to China, Cuxport loaded over 3,500 premium vehicles onto the ships "Tiger" and "Torino" at the beginning of November.

Start signal for terminal operation
In future, Mosolf will handle vehicles and other rolling cargo at the Wilhelmshaven site and develop other business areas in the medium term. The Auto Terminal was opened on October 2. By expanding its activities to include seaport logistics, the automotive logistics specialist is opening a new chapter in its company history.

Since the end of March, Mukran Port Terminals GmbH has been operating a fixed sea route as part of the New Silk Road between Asia and Europe in cooperation with DBO Bahnoperator GmbH under the "flag" Baltic Sea Bridge. This has been well received.

"Restructuring not at the expense of Bremen"
In a financial statement, HHLA announced "open-ended talks" with Eurokai and the BLG Logistics Group on closer cooperation in the container business in the German Bight. The Bremen port authority now has questions.

Largest container ship in the world
The HMM Algeciras has arrived in the Belgian port of Antwerp on its maiden voyage to Europe.

Testing at JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven
Recently, the JadeWeserPort companies' application for funding for a research project to test the fully automated shunting process in the screening group in the freight village (GVZ) of Germany's only deep-water container port, JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven, was approved.

Bremen-based seaport service provider Weserport looks back on a quarter of a century of company history on April 4.

In contrast to the neighboring seaports, the port of Rotterdam recorded growth in the volume of bulk goods in 2019.

A Covid-19 task force met at the port of Antwerp for the first time on March 20. One thing is certain: the port of Antwerp remains 100 percent operational.

Seaborne cargo throughput rose to 136.6 million tons in 2019, while container throughput of 9.3 million TEU ensured strong growth of 6.1%. However, rail transport achieved a record result.

Antwerp is taking a further step towards a lower-emission port: eight leading players in the port area have signed a cooperation agreement to investigate the possible development of a Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS) infrastructure.

The Port of Rotterdam Authority is launching a test project for inland shipping that will offer digital advice on public berths: Users of RiverGuide, a digital route planner for inland shipping, will be asked whether they need a berth as soon as they approach the port via a push message.

Seven partners in Belgium are pooling their expertise on the road to a sustainable hydrogen-based economy: The seaports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge, the hydraulic engineering company Deme, the energy supplier Engie, the shipping company Exmar, the pipeline operator Fluxys and the development platform WaterstofNet.

With the Smooth Ports project, Hamburg is aiming to further reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the port area.

Every year, around three million tons of goods are transported to and from the Czech Republic via the port of Hamburg.

The Nordfrost seaport terminal in the container port of Wilhelmshaven began operations in mid-2012 as the first settler in the logistics zone. Construction is now continuing there and the seaport terminal is being expanded again.