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MSC MAKES 300 CALLS ANNUALLY IN THE PORT OF HAMBURG
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MSC: Strong connections with, to and from Hamburg
With 300 calls per year, the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is the Port of Hamburg’s biggest customer. The shipping line connects Hamburg via eleven liner services with ports all over the world, including destinations in Asia. “The Port of Hamburg and the German market play an important role for MSC,” states Nils Kahn, Deputy CEO of MSC Germany.
 MSC operates one of the youngest fleets in the world and according to alphaliner, a specialist service in the field, 23 newbuilds are in the order book, including eleven with a capacity of 23,000 standard containers (TEU). To- day the shipping line already calls Hamburg with 19,000- TEU ships. As Kahn is well aware, adjustment of the fair- way will make the calls more straightforward. “The draft is one thing, but the new encounter box will also bring considerable time-saving advantages,” the expert is sure. A further decisive advantage is that the fairway ad- justment will facilitate Hamburg calls involving heavy car-
go. The measures will benefit not only MSC, but the en- tire Port of Hamburg, with a volume increase.
PERFECT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
MSC is relying increasingly on rail services for its over- land connections to the Port of Hamburg, and is re- cording rapid growth here. “When it comes to inter- modal connections, there is nowhere to match Ham- burg,” says Kahn. MSC has built up a dense network of rail shuttles throughout Germany. Loaded on to a train on Monday in Hamburg, an MSC container is already
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