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   Western Germany – Major hub region
The Port of Hamburg Marketing – HHM Representa- tive Office for Western Germany covers the following federal states: Lower Saxony, North-Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Hesse.
for the new South-Westphalia container terminal in Kreuztal and establishing a standard authorized route for heavy lifts from Siegerland. During 2019, the HHM representative office in Dortmund ran
three project-related workshops, as well as the necessary meetings of associated bodies.
Moreover, Markus Heinen, head of the representa- tive office ran information and network events in Hanover, Mannheim and Warstein, as well as the traditional Port Evening in Düsseldorf. The specialist events too raised keen interest. They took place because of the reintro- duction of the intermodal service between Hamburg and Cologne. In addition,
HHM is co-host of two congresses: DIALOG.rail. South-Westphalia3. in Kreuztal and has become active in Vision.Logistik. in Cologne. Port tours with shippers’ representatives and those from public authorities completed the picture.
With a transport volume of some 550,000 TEU annual- ly, NRW represents the second most important region
for container hinterland transport for the Port of Ham- burg. Because of the high concentration of companies in the state, industry’s foreign trade orientation and major inland waterway and intermodal terminal com- petence, the region has an important hub function.
  Representative Office for W-Germany Head of the Representative Office in Essen
(until 31.12.2019 in Dortmund)
Markus Heinen
phone: +49 231 226189 11 heinen@hafen-hamburg.de
   Warstein info event
In order to exploit Hamburg’s potential in this market both sustainably and efficiently, the Hamburg-NRW- plus cooperation project was continued in 2019 to transform hinterland transport.
When completing the project phase, it was agreed to push ahead with activities in two targeted areas. These involve supporting a maritime connection
 Traditional Port Evening in Düsseldorf
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