In the newly published 2012 edition of the Port of Hamburg Handbook, Port of Ham-burg Marketing again presents an overview of the port’s capabilities on a total of 136 pages. The current edition, published in both German and English, provides business partners and friends of the Port of Hamburg with interesting and useful information about the wide range of efficient services offered by what are mainly SMEs operating in Hamburg’s seaport-related industries and in the partner ports within the region.

The content of this year's edition of the Port of Hamburg Handbook has been revised and restructured: each chapter focuses on a special topic, giving the reader an insight into specific issues such as industrial companies operating within the port, changes to the customs environment at the Port of Hamburg, or the recycling of valuable materials. The contents are supplemented with the kind of material that has been well received in earlier editions: background information regarding current plans to develop the port further, details of terminal facilities at the Port of Hamburg, and reports on what is happening at the ports within the region, from the North Sea and the Baltic Sea right up into the hinterland of the river Elbe.

The country special in this edition focuses on the United States, one of the most important (and, more recently, also one of the fastest-growing) trading partners for the Port of Hamburg. Also featured in this edition are the issues of training qualified personnel in the port-related and logistics sectors, and the safety and sustainability of port operations. A great many addresses and other contact details as well as photographs depicting life at the port complement the editorial section.

Interested readers can order the book at a price of € 19.95 from DVV Media Group GmbH by sending email to: buch@dvvmedia.com, or by calling the telephone num-ber +49 40 23714 250, or from the online shop at www.porthandbook.de. Bundled with the new edition of the “Port of Hamburg Liner Services 2012/2013”, the Port of Hamburg Handbook is available at a package price of € 34.00.

For further particulars about other new Port of Hamburg publications, please send an e-mail message to info@hafen-hamburg.de.