News Hafen Hamburg

Last month saw the encounter of two Chinese ships of a very special kind at the Port of Hamburg. On 19 November 2008 the recently built 10,000 TEU vessel COSCO Indian Ocean, belonging to the COSCO Container Lines shipping company, docked at the HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort.

On the first trip of the new South America service SAFRAN, the CMA CGM VIOLET put in to Hamburg on 03 December 2008. Loading and unloading was carried out at the Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA).

On 29 November 2008 the CMA CGM GALILEE put in at the Port of Hamburg. Built in 2003 at Hyundai's Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea, the container ship is 222 metres long, 30 metres wide and has a container slot capacity of 2800 TEUs as well as 560 refrigerated container connections.

Germany's biggest port will be hosting this year's Intermodal conference and exhibition. From 2 to 4 December 2008, experts and service providers in the field of intermodal freight transport will be coming together at Hamburg's Conference and Trade Fair Centre.

In the night of 20 November 2008 the new flag ship of the German CONTI shipping company, coming from Southampton, put in to the Port of Hamburg for the first time.