Port of Hamburg

 
16 May 2013
The Port of Hamburg handled 32.8 million tons of seaborne cargo in the first three months of 2013, putting the German port “back on a growth course,” fueled in particular by a 6.3 percent year-over-year increase in bulk cargo.
 
14 May 2013
Hamburg Hafen und Logistik AG’s profit jumped 13.2 percent in the first quarter, as Hamburg’s biggest stevedore increased container traffic by 5 percent on sharply higher Asian and Baltic shipments.
The first of eight 13,380-TEU Cosco newbuildings.
 
10 Apr 2013
Germany’s Port of Hamburg will receive a call from the first of eight 13,380 20-foot-equivalent unit newbuildings at HHLA’s Container Terminal Tollerort.
 
09 Apr 2013
Royal Boskalis Westminster has acquired a dredging contract from Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Cuxhaven to maintain 110 kilometers (about 68 miles) of the shipping fairway of the River Elbe in Germany...
 
03 Apr 2013
Hackett Associates and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics’ latest Global Port Tracker study predicted that container handling in Europe’s North Range ports will increase a “meager” 1 percent in 2013...
Reflagging of Hamburg Süd's Santa Cruz.
 
28 Mar 2013
Previously operated under the Liberian flag, the 7,100 20-foot-equivalent unit Santa Cruz container ship, operated by Hamburg Süd on its trade from Europe to South America’s east coast, has been entered into Luxembourg’s shipping register.
 
27 Mar 2013
HHLA’s net profit slumped 18.9 percent in 2012 on rising costs even as Hamburg’s biggest stevedore increased container traffic amid a slump in Asian imports and boosted its market share in the North European port range.
 
01 Mar 2013
Focusing on the use of liquefied natural gas as a marine fuel, an “LNG Fuelled Vessels Working Group” has been established with support from the International Association of Ports and Harbors’ World Ports Climate Initiative.
 
25 Feb 2013
The North European edition of the Global Port Tracker predicted that total European imports will decrease by 3.2 percent to 20.2 million 20-foot-equivalent units in 2013, while exports are forecasted to rise...
Feeder ship on the Kohlbrand river.
 
25 Feb 2013
Germany’s Port of Hamburg today reported that about 675,000 20-foot-equivalent unit containers were handled between Hamburg and Russian ports in 2012, increasing 13.3 percent year-over-year.
 
13 Feb 2013
The European Union
Hyundai container ship at CTA terminal in Port of Hamburg
 
11 Feb 2013
Hamburg’s container traffic slipped 1.7 percent in 2012 from 2011 on sharply lower Asian imports.