Stefan Kunze, Head of the Germany East Representative 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 Binnenreederei in Dresden. He then supported the developments in inland shipping until entering retirement. In the last nine years, the trained forwarding specialist was also chairman of the Executive Board of Elbe Allianz. “We will greatly miss Stefan Kunze. He also made his mark in many areas as an inland shipping expert,” said Axel Mattern, member of the Executive Board of PoHM, at Kunze’s farewell on the Elbe Navigation 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. This is also the case for his logistics expertise. For instance, Stefan Kunze was a member of the Logistics Advisory Committee of the Transport 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.