The Hamburg-based Hapag-Lloyd is gearing up to launch its new, direct South-East India – Europe Express (IEX) service from October to strengthen the company’s leading position in South-east India, Sri Lanka and Bang…
Hamburg-based company IEX service to launch in October
Impact Hub combining sustainability with entrepreneurism - crowdfunding to fund interior
Impact Hub is set to open its Hamburg branch in August in a bid to promote sustainable and socially equitable business models. The provider already hosts co-working spaces in more t…
Tests of VOI scooters underway in Berne and Poppenbüttel
Hamburger Hochbahn AG is testing 60 e-scooters in Berne and Poppenbüttel after earlier tests had been limited to downtown Hamburg. The scooters, by Sweden’s VOI, are yet another means of transport for use on the o…
Pilotprojekte, Blockchain Summer, Innovationsstrategie und Angebote für Unternehmen – Hamburg soll zum international bedeutenden Blockchain-Standort werden
Die Blockchain ist derzeit das Thema in der Wirtschaft. Parallel zur öffentlichen Diskussion um Disruptionspotenzi…
Employees are happiest in these German states, Kununu finds
Hamburg is the second happiest state in Germany with a happiness score of 3.78 while Berlin topped the ranking and had a narrow lead of 3.79. Bavaria came third with 3.76 points while. Saxony-Anhalt performed w…
High hopes for Innovation in Digital Equality Award (IDEA)
The senate has launched the Innovation in Digital Equality Award (IDEA) to promote gender equality in the digital sector. This comes after the Global Gender Gap Report 2018, issued by the World Economic Forum, f…
HHLA TK Estonia strengthening roll on roll off hub in Baltic Sea region
HHLA TK Estonia, a fully owned subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG has launched a new ferry from Finland to Estonia, a press release said Wednesday (July 17,2019). The RoPax…
215,000 passengers used e-shuttle taxis in west Hamburg - Billbrook to start in August
A total of 900,000 kilometres were driven without emissions and 170 tonnes of CO2 were saved during the first year of the new ioki taxi service in the Hamburg suburbs of Lurup and Osdorf, accor…
Wind to gas energy holds opportunities for mobility in future
The windswept region north of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region is ideal for wind turbines. However, most of Germany’s wind energy plants are near Dithmarschen in Schleswig-Holstein, but are prone to shutdowns as more el…
Hamburg's second nomination for European Capital of Innovation Award worth EUR 1 million
Hamburg has reached the round of 12 finalists for the European Capital of Innovation Award after competing for the first time last year, when it ranked among the top six leading inn…
German government signs up to new marine research institution
The German government and the north German states signed Thursday (July 18, 2019) an agreement to set up the German Alliance for Marine Research (Deutschen Allianz Meeresforschung or DAM). A total of EUR 56.2…
Four projects from Hamburg and metropolitan region qualify for funds
Four Hanseatic entries in the Reallabore der Energiewende have been earmarked for funds from the German Ministry of Economics (BMWI). They include the North German Real Laboratory – Competence Cen…
Blockchain start-ups and Facebook's Libra top agenda
Fabian Friedrich, the initiator of the Hanseatic Blockchain Institute and founder of the Blockchance Campus, is preparing to host the international “Blockchance 2019” conference from August 16-17, 2019 in Hamburg…
Insects indicate air quality - efforts also benefiting wild bees
Hamburg Airport is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its honey project during the course of which more than 200,000 honey bees have collected nectar and pollen and produced around 12,00 jars of honey. Ho…
Dr. Uve Samuels, Geschäftsführer der Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA) und Managing Director des Square HSBA Innovation Hubs ist derzeit als ‚Praktikant‘ im Silicon Valley unterwegs. Für die Hamburg News begibt er sich in die Ideenschmiede in Kalifornien…
Exzellenzcluster als Fundament: Uni Hamburg zählt zu elf besten Universitäten in Deutschland
Die Universität Hamburg ist die einzige Hochschule im Norden, die sich ab sofortExzellenzuniversität nennen darf. Sie konnte sich im Wettbewerb „Exzellenzstrategie des Bund…
Landesbetrieb Geoinformation und Vermessung and Dataport driving digitalisation
The Hamburg State Office for Geoinformation and Surveying (LGV) and Dataport, the IT service provider, have formed a collaboration to advance digitisation throughout the Hamburg Metropolitan Regi…
Apply now for Ministry of Culture and Media's grants
Applicants have until the deadline of August 28, 2019 to apply for grants of EUR 3,000 to EUR10,000 from the Ministry of Culture and Music for small music labels. Both newcomer projects and established artists in…
Open workshops for digital manufacturing - Hamburg is first German-speaking city
Hamburg has become the first city in the German-speaking region to join the global Fab City Network. Backed by Michael Westhagemann, Senator for Economics, Transport and Innovation, Hamburg…
Algorithm for calculating risk of cardiac arrest developed in Hamburg
Researchers at the University Heart and Vascular Center in the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) have developed a swift, safe diagnostic aid called the “Compass MI” for identifying severe heart attack…
Funding follows DFG approval of new Emmy Noether group
The new Emmy Noether Group at the University of Hamburg’s Department of Physics will begin searching for dark matter from July 2019 after the German Research Foundation approved EUR 1.5 million in funds ov…
Prize honours start-ups focusing on sustainability and climate protection
Start-ups focusing on environmental protection and sustainability have until the deadline of July 31, 2019 to apply for the StartGreen Awards, which will be presented on November 20, 2019 in Berlin during F…
8,000 supermarkets put Hamburg-based company's "cardboard house" on show
Tchibo launched Tuesday (July 9, 2019) Tchibo its “Sustainable Living. Every Day” campaign and presented a so-called House of Sustainability made of cardboard in 8,000 stores across Germa…
Artificial intelligence paving the way to medical revolutions?
Hamburg News spoke to Petra Margaritoff, Professor of Medical Data Systems at the Life Sciences Faculty of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, about the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), especially ma…
German government and Hamburg allocate funds for Fraunhofer (CML)
The Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services (CML) is to receive EUR 26 million in funds from the German government and EUR 12 million from the city of Hamburg for expansion purpose…
Hamburg-based open banking savings specialist adding identification service
The open banking pioneer Deposit Solutions announced Tuesday (July 2, 2019) its co-operation with Switzerland’s yes.com AG. Deposit Solutions enables banks and other partners to integrate i…
Hamburg's Otto adds B2B business - short-term lease and purchase options available
Hamburg’s Otto Now rental platform is opening up its e-commerce model to business customers interested in leasing goods at short notice or buying rental properties. The platform…
Companies to boost business in southern Hamburg Metropolitan Region
The growth initiative Süderelbe AG presented the Northern Institute of Technology Management as its latest shareholder during the 14th Annual General Meeting, according to a press release on Friday (June 24, 2019…