The world's two largest container ships currently powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) have arrived in Hamburg for the first time on their maiden voyage between the Far East and Northern Europe. The "CMA CGM Jacques Saade" moored at Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg on 8 November 2020, followed by the "CMA CGM Champs Elysee", which arrived on 7 December...
At the beginning of September, the special edition "griephan Edition 2017" - produced by griephan in cooperation with the Federation of German Industries (BDI) - was published with the theme "The challenge of global trade - setting standards creates markets". The issue includes articles with a look at China's Silk Road initiative and the protectionist reflexes of the...
On 16 March, the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 was presented by the Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Alexander Dobrindt (CSU). According to the ministry's plans, the federal government is to invest 264.5 billion euros in Germany's road, rail and waterway networks by 2030. The aim is to prioritise the maintenance and renovation of existing...
The price of oil on the international market has various effects on the global economy - one of which is that it is apparently more favourable for commercial shipping to take the diversions around Africa than the Suez Canal. The completion of the Suez Canal was a Herculean task and was expected to take 20...
Reports about the opening of the "new Suez Canal" (http://www.arcor.de/content/aktuell/news_politik_ausland/3897896,1,Neuer-Suezkanal-wurde-eröffnet,content.html) are making the rounds in the media. This is in fact an extension of the existing canal. The very short construction period of just one year is remarkable. Egypt financed the construction with private funds from its citizens and is now hoping for more ship passages and...
The situation at Germany's most modern deep-water port, the Jade-Weser-Port in Wilhelmshaven, is portrayed as dramatically bad. In 2013, 76,265 containers are said to have been handled in the port, which is only around 10% of what port operators and economic forecasts had expected. The daily newspaper Die Welt writes about this:
...Last week, the time had come: the "Majestic Maersk", currently the largest container ship in the world, moored at JadeWeserPort for the first time together with the "Eugen Maersk", albeit unscheduled. Nevertheless, operators and politicians are expecting a signal effect, which should emphasise the JadeWeserPort's ability to operate independently of ebb and flow...
The MS&D 2012 - international conference on maritime security and defence - took place in Hamburg on 4 and 5 September as part of the 25th SMM, shipbuilding, machinery & marine technology, international trade fair. Here is the final report on MS&D 2012 from the perspective of Messe Hamburg and DMI: "The integration...
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