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■ FUTURE PORT
Good prospects for the Port of Hamburg
Guest contribution by Senator Michael Westhagemann, Ministry of Economics, Transport and Innovation of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
The port can look forward to a good future: in mid-February work began on the Elbe fairway adjustment. Going forward, this will enable mega-containerships to reach the Port of Hamburg with greater flexibility and more fully exploit their maximum cargo capacities. Innovative digital solutions accelerate traffic and goods in the port and are opening up new business fields for maritime logistics.
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More than 120 liner services connect the Port of Hamburg with hundreds of seaports throughout the world. It is the most important trading hub in Germany, handling throughput of 135 million tons of sea freight in 2018. The continued development of the port is an integral part of the Senate’s eco- nomic policy.
Good accessibility is a precondition for maintaining and building up the handling level. With the fairway adjustment that should be completed by the end of 2021, we are enabling shipping lines to call Hamburg with better exploitation of their capacity. The port’s hinterland infrastructure, which gives it a substantial edge over other ports in Northern Germany, will be
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