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ALL-PURPOSE PORT PORT OF HAMBURG MAGAZINE 2/24
Stefan Kunze enters retirement
The long-standing representative for Germany East gave the Port of Hamburg a strong voice for almost 15 years.
Stefan Kunze, Head of the Germany East Represent- ative Office at Hafen Hamburg Marketing e.V. (PoHM), enters retirement. Over the years at PoHM, he repeatedly succeeded in positioning the Port of Hamburg region as a logistics hub for industrial and logistics companies from eastern Germany and in strengthening the good reputation of the Port of Hamburg.
During his career, he was particularly concerned with inland shipping and the associated integration of this mode of transport in trimodal supply chains. Back in the 1990s, Stefan Kunze started as branch director at Deutsche Binnen-
ber of the Logistics Advisory Committee of the Trans- port Minister for Saxony-Anhalt as well as a representative on the advisory body for developing the overall Elbe concept. “Wherever possible, I will also continue to offer my expertise. But first and foremost, I would like to enjoy my retirement,” said Stefan Kunze.
His successor has already been found. Roman Fürtig already began to familiarise himself with the role in January. He is now the new PoHM representative for Germany East and will also handle tasks in the area of inland shipping.
reederei in Dresden. He then sup- ported the developments in in- land shipping until entering retirement. In the last nine years, the trained forwarding specialist was also chairman of the Execu- tive Board of Elbe Allianz. “We will greatly miss Stefan Kunze. He also made his mark in many are- as as an inland shipping expert,” said Axel Mattern, member of the Executive Board of PoHM, at Kunze’s farewell on the Elbe Nav- igation Day.
The graduated economist also made a name for himself in the implementation of various EU projects. This is also the case for his logistics expertise. For in- stance, Stefan Kunze was a mem-
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Axel Mattern, CEO of HHM, bids farewell to Stefan Kunze at the Elbe Shipping Day.
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