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CONTENTS AT A GLANCE HHM LOCATIONS & MARKETS ACTIVITIES CONTACT
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Events with an impact throughout the year
In brief: Transatlantic services
Germany’s largest universal port achieved a distinct advance in the first quarter of 2019. The satisfactory rise in container handling is primarily attributable
to four liner services new to Hamburg, linking the Hanseatic port with others in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Volume transported on the USA-Hamburg route rose almost fourfold, giving the USA second place – behind China – in the ranking of Hamburg’s top trading partners in seaborne container traffic. In the previous year, it had been ranked 18th.
an agreement – then sooner or later, all participants in the transport and logistics chain would have to develop new post-Brexit chains. However, Hamburg and the port have prepared well for Brexit. Against
a background of various scenarios, many questions needed to be answered. Port of Hamburg Market- ing did so with the latest releases on its homepage, market research analyses, articles in Port of Hamburg Magazine and events such as the press conference primarily concentrating on ‘The Customs and Brexit’, jointly organized with Hamburg Customs and service provider Porath Customs Agents.
In brief: Fairway adjustment
Adjustment of the Elbe fairway officially com- menced in July 2019. Among those giving the start- ing signal was Andreas Scheuer, Federal Minister of Transport. The fairway, or area of the Elbe used by shipping, is being deepened between Hamburg and the Elbe estuary, and in some places widened. The adjustment aims to make the Port of Hamburg more accessible. In future containerships with a draft of up to 13.50 metres can reach the Port of Hamburg irrespective of high tide, while at that stage those with a draft of up to 14.5 metres can do so. Unlike previous deepening’s of the navigation channel, this one includes a comprehensive hydrological scheme to modify tidal energy, preventing major changes
in currents and water levels. Repercussions on the environment are being compensated by extensive measures. Fairway adjustment is a joint project by
New Transatlantic services setting Port on growth course
In brief: Brexit
The subject of Brexit occupied the Port of Hamburg for the whole year. It was obvious that should the Eu- ropean Commission accept Brexit – with or without
Start for fairway adjustment on the River Elbe
Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) and the Federal Wa- terways and Shipping Administration.
In brief: Port Railway
In the seaport-hinterland transport sector so essen- tial for the Port of Hamburg, environment-friendly railborne container transport achieved double-digit growth. In 2019 a total of 2.7 million TEU were transported between terminals in the Port of Ham- burg and those inland. That is a jump of 10.4 percent and a fresh record for Hamburg Port Railway. Around 62,000 freight trains with about 1.7 million freight cars used its network in 2019, when a total of 48.2 million tons of freight – up by 3.0 percent – was transported.
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