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CONTENTS AT A GLANCE HHM LOCATIONS & MARKETS ACTIVITIES CONTACT Page 29 Czechia / Slovakia – Centrally located for hinterland traffic with Eastern Europe
The Port of Hamburg is the top freight hub for Czech and Slovak foreign trade. For Hamburg, the two countries occupy an important position on hinterland transport with Eastern Europe: in 2019 over 500,000 TEU were shifted to and from the region – about 490,000 TEU by rail. Over 120 direct container block train services run weekly between transhipment terminals in Czechia/Slovakia and the container terminals in the Port of Hamburg.
Apart from monitoring competing ports, among
the tasks of Port of Hamburg Marketing – HHM’s Representative Office in Prague, is the cultivation of contacts with numerous representatives of trade
and industry, the transport and logistics sector, as well as various trade associations and state insti- tutions and political decision-makers. For instance, the HHM office is the first contact for Czech and Slovakian forwarding firms, trading companies, pro- ducers and universities, when visitor programmes to the Port of Hamburg and the ports of the Metro- politan Region need to be arranged.
HHM’s Representative Office in Prague annually organizes several events for the transport industry in its region. With an attendance of 250, the Prague Port Evening proved especially popular. The office also works closely with local media to inform them on current developments in the universal port of Hamburg and comment on fresh challenges from its viewpoint. Vladimir Dobos, head of the Repre- sentative Office, was also a speaker at the Speed- C H» A I N c o n f e r e n c e w i t h a n a t t e n d a n c e o f 6 0 0 .
For Hamburg, the two countries occupy an important position on hinterland transport with Eastern Europe: in 2019 over 500,000 TEU were sh«ifted to and from the region – about 490,000 TEU by rail.
HHM already has seven member companies in the Czech Republic. The Representative Office is itself a member of Czech and Slovak forwarding associations as well as the German-Czech and German-Slovak Chambers of Industry and Commerce, in which Vladimir Dobos actively participates in various working groups.
Representative Office for Czechia, Slovakia
Head of the Representative Office in Prague
Vladimir Dobos
phone: +420 224 891 301 dobos@hafen-hamburg.de
Czech & Slovak forwarders during their visit to the Port of Hamburg
Port Evening 2019 in Prague, f.l.: Thomas Lütje, Ingo Egloff, Hans-Peter Hinrichsen, Alexander Puk, Vladimir Dobos and Bernard Bauer
© HHM/Vladimir Dobos
© HHM