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China – Hamburg increasing presence on New Silk Road
In the People’s Republic of China, which is the most important market region for the Port of Hamburg, its interests are handled by the Hamburg Liaison Office – HLO. This is responsible for Central and Northern China.
The Yangtze Region, with its provinces of Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, account for a significant quan- tity of goods traffic with Hamburg. In 2019, the port of Shanghai alone accounted for a total throughput of 43.3 million TEU.
Apart from growth in the quantity of seaborne cargo, in 2019 Hamburg was able to further establish itself as a hub for rail traffic with China, along what is now known as ‘The New Silk Road’.
Under the new management of long-serving Ms
Pan Hua, HLO serves as the first point of contact for Chinese customers and partners of the Port of Ham- burg. Important aspects of her work are participating in and organization of HLO’s own and outside events. For example during 2019, HLO supported an event for HPC Hamburg Port Consulting and was able to make a significant contribution to ‘MarineTech’ with specialist lectures.
Organizing and accompanying delegation tours from Hamburg counts among HLO’s most important tasks. During the year, both Hamburg’s First Mayor Peter Tschentscher, as well as Michael Westhagemann,
»Apart from growth in the quantity of seaborne cargo, in 2019 Ham- burg was able to further establish
itself as a hub for rail tra«
ffic with China, along what is now known
as ‘The New Silk Road’.
Axel Mattern (l.) and Hamburg’s First Mayor Peter Tschentscher with port mascot Peter Pickhuben
Senator for Economics, Transport and Innovation, were welcomed to Shanghai. In addition, in Novem- ber, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG – HHLA and Port of Hamburg Marketing took part as exhibitors at China International Import Export (CIIE). Against this backdrop, a port delegation consisting of represent- atives from both organizations visited Shanghai and were welcomed by the Representative Office.
Representative Office for China, Japan, Korea
Head of the Representative Office in Shanghai Pan Hua
phone: +86 21 5386 0857 pan.hua@hamburgshanghai.org
Visiting the Port of Yangshan, f.l.: Mathias Schulz, Huang Juyuan,
Axel Mattern, Matthias Grabe and Yan Yunfu (Co-founder and board of ZPMC)
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