A bounce back in volumes in Q4 2020 was not enough to stop the Port of Hamburg seeing a 7.6% drop in cargo handled last year.

Ship agency group GAC has added a new office in Hamburg increasing its European coverage.

Another of HMM’s series of 24,000 teu mega containership is set to call at Germany’s HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai in Hamburg port on 3 September.

Damen Shipyards Group has sold one its built to stock tugboats to German owner Neue Schleppdampfschiffsreederei Louis Meyer.

Long-running environmental objections to further dredging of the Elbe river serving the Port of Hamburg were dismissed by Germany’s Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig yesterday.

Port Bronka, the new outlying deepwater terminal in St Petersburg, is reported to have successfully completed its six-month start-up phase after regular services began in January.

A 19,000 teu China Shipping Container Line (CSCL) vessel has grounded while heading towards the port of Hamburg.