A three-month test phase of Europe’s first mobile, ballast water purification system has been underway in Hamburg since early November and allows the city to adhere to the International Maritime Org…
Hamburg testing ballast water purification system amid threat from microorganisms
A three-month test phase of Europe’s first mobile, ballast water purification system has been underway in Hamburg since early November and allows the city to adhere to the International Maritime Org…
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG focusing on electrification and eco-friendly rail transport
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is increasing its efforts to protect the climate, conserve resources and make the entire group climate neutral by 2040, a press release sai…
Seaborne cargo handling and container traffic rose in 2018
Seaborne cargo handling between Australia and the Port of Hamburg increased 23.7 per cent to 1.7 million tonnes in 2018. Container traffic with Australia increased 19.8 per cent to 68,000&nbs…
App sends latest news to mobile phones
Hafen Hamburg Marketing e.V. has presented its free “always app to date in the Port of Hamburg”. News from Germany’s largest universal port is now available on the new app for mobile phones as “Portnews to go” in both German and En…
Hydrogen key, future technology - decision on electrolysis plant before close of 2019
A decision on building the world’s largest hydrogen electrolysis plant with a capacity of 100 megawatts in the Port of Hamburg will be made before the close of 2019, Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa …
New ARMIHN project to come up with concept for coping with major damage events
A concept for managing outbreaks of diseases with vast numbers of patients in ports will be tackled as part of the interdisciplinary Adaptive Resilience Management in Ports (ARMIHN) project over the ne…
Four new Transatlantic services and rising bulk cargo handling
The Port of Hamburg is on a growth course and seaborne cargo was up 6.0 per cent at 34.6 million tons in the first quarter of 2019. Both general cargo throughput at 23.9 million tons – up 5.4 per cent – and bulk cargo…
Over 2,700 vehicles took part in collaborative routing during port celebrations
A total of 2,717 motorists using the free Nunav navigation app on Friday (May 10, 2019) helped Hamburg and the Graphmasters start-up to set up a world record of vehicles in an intelligent tr…
Hamburg celebrates world's largest harbour festival in May
The 830th Port of Hamburg Anniversary Celebrations get underway from May 10-12, 2019 in Hamburg. Visitors can look forward to a diverse programme with 300 vessels including Windjammers, cruise ships, restored museum ships…