COSCO will enter Hamburg, but only as a minority shareholder
COSCO will only be allowed to buy 24,9 per cent of the shares of the Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT), in the port of Hamburg, so the German government has decided. The previous agreement involved COSCO...Read more
COSCO will not own the port of Hamburg, HHLA guarantees
COSCO is about to finalise the acquisition of 35 per cent shares of the Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT), managed by HHLA. This procedure has been worrying the German federal government, which is assessing whether COSCO’s...Read more
COSCO at Tollerort: Hamburg says yes, German government says no
Robert Habeck, the German minister of economy, asked to halt COSCO’s rise in the port of Hamburg. The Chinese company is, in fact, about to finalise the acquisition of shares of the Container Terminal Tollerort...Read more
Maglev freight trains: ‘it will work, but it won’t be easy’
The realisation of maglev freight trains is possible, but it won’t be easy. This was said by the International Maglev Board (IMB). The board underlines the importance of experiments such as the recent pilot in...Read more
Duisport and Port of Hamburg here to stay on the Silk Road
Germany and the Silk Road have a long-standing tradition. It started when the first Eurasian train departed Chongqing in Southeast China on 19 March 2011, with its final destination being Duisburg in Germany. The corridor...Read more
Port chaos in Europe keeps rail freight operations on the edge
Hamburg and Bremerhaven ports still face chaos following continuous strikes and infrastructure issues, causing “disastrous consequences” to operators like METRANS. As if that was not enough, Adriatic ports also met immense traffic restrictions, which the...Read more
Strikes, storms and construction: rail struggles to find its way to German ports
Rail terminals in the ports of Hamburg and Bremerhaven are reaching full capacity leading to unforeseen train delays of up to 48 hours and cancellations. The situation results from a combination of port strikes, storm-related...Read more
METRANS connects Prague-Wilhelmshaven responding to congested ports
A new intermodal connection between the port of Wilhelmshaven in Northern Germany and the METRANS terminal in Prague will commence on 3 July. The operator, METRANS, aims to tackle the disruptions caused by congestion in...Read more
LTG Infra will manage Lithuanian Railways terminals from now on
The Lithuanian rail infrastructure manager LTG Infra will be responsible for managing and developing the country’s rail freight terminals starting from 1 June. This is a decisive step for the Lithuanian Railways (LTG Group) which...Read morePort of Hamburg stops receiving export trains ‘until further notice’
The port of Hamburg experiences disruptions with its rail freight services. The German port cannot receive any more export trains for the time being due to a combination of factors that include limited track capacity,...Read more
Ports of Hamburg and Klaipeda partner up, rail links main objective
The ports of Hamburg in Germany and Klaipeda in Lithuania have signed an MoC to “strengthen cooperation in developing and implementing joint projects and developing new logistics routes for maritime and rail transport between Germany...Read more
Cargo from Korea to Germany? TransContainer does it also by rail
TransContainer launched a new regular multimodal service between Korea and Germany, with rail having a crucial role. The multimodal route begins from the port of Busan in Korea and ends in the port of Hamburg....Read more
The future is now: HHLA presents freight hyperloop concept
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and HyperloopTT are ready to present the HyperPort project: in simple words, a model for transporting containers using hyperloop technology. The two companies are developing this concept to improve...Read more
Port of Hamburg-Xuzhou rail link becomes a regular
The rail freight service between the Port of Hamburg in Germany and Xuzhou in China becomes regular with two itineraries per month. After the initial freight train trip between the two destinations last November, six...Read more
Suez blockage ‘only aggravated’ container imbalance in EU ports
For European port hubs, the Suez Canal disturbance proved to be less impactful than expected. Nevertheless, container imbalances between imports and exports are still going strong, causing many issues to shippers. In fact, a survey...Read moreRail transport in port of Hamburg feels the brunt of shipping delays
Rail transport to and from the port of Hamburg is facing difficulties, as the delays of shipping lines continue and port facilities are consumed to the maximum. Various rail freight operators have warned for delays...Read more
Altynkol – Kaliningrad – Hamburg: regular and regardless of demand
UTLC ERA and Belintertrans Germany have started a regular multimodal service on the Altynkol – Kaliningrad – Hamburg route. It has a transit time of between 12-14 days, and runs regardless of the volumes on...Read more
China prefers to subsidise round trips on New Silk Road
More and more new routes are being launched on the New Silk Road every year. Not all of them stand the test of time. Those that survive are also in danger as they need to...Read more
HHLA sees heavy impact of economic downturn in 2020
Operator of the port of Hamburg, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik, has suffered a strong decline in revenue and earnings in the first half of this year. The dramatic global decline in the level of economic...Read more