Tag: Port of Hamburg

The port of Hamburg reached in 2013 a total throughput of 139 million tons. This corresponds to a growth of 6.2 percent. Both the handling of general cargo with a total of 96.8 million tons (up 5.7 percent), as well as bulk cargo at 42.3 million tonnes (+ 7.2 per cent), attended in Germany's largest universal port for above-average growth.

First container liner service between Hamburg and the Black Sea

Speed Limit for Commercial Shipping in the Port of Hamburg

Sharp surge in Russian traffic via Hamburg

Bomin Linde to Build LNG Terminal for Ship Fuelling in Port of Hamburg

For the first time been able to welcome LNG-fuelled ship - KV BARENTSHAV At the Überseebrücke pier, the Port of Hamburg has for the first time been able to welcome an LNG-fuelled ship. The KV BARENTSHAV belongs to the Norwegian Coastguard fleet, and is deployed on fisheries controls, sea rescue, policing, Customs inspections and environmental checks within Norwegian territorial waters. The speciality of the ship is its environmentally friendly driven motor: Instead of diesel fuel the KV BARENTSHAV is powered in normal conditions by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). The occasion for the ship's visit between 19 and 21 June 2012 was the "LNG - the Norwegian Experience" conference of experts organized in Hamburg by the German-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce along with Innovation Norway and the classification society DNV Germany.Propulsion of the KV BARENTSHAV is through a propeller, driven mechanically either via the main engine or a gas-fuelled electric motor. Two engine-rooms and tanks are available for this, one for diesel propulsion and one for gas operation using LNG. The four gas-fuelled engines producing power for the electric motor start and stop automatically, depending on the power requirement. The diesel engine only comes into use for towing assignments and special runs ...

The HANJIN SOOHO is 366 metres long, 48.20 metres wide During her maiden voyage the HANJIN SOOHO, the Korean shipping company HANJIN's largest containership to date, berthed in the Port of Hamburg on 4 May 2012. With a slot capacity of 13,100 TEU (20-ft standard containers), this mega-containership was handled at Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg (CTH).The HANJIN SOOHO is 366 metres long, 48.20 metres wide, and has over 800 connections for reefer containers. It was named in honour of the late Sooho Cho, former Chairman of Hanjin Shipping Group, who died in 2006. The HANJIN SOOHO is also the first of nine 13,100-TEU newbuilds to be deployed by HANJIN jointly with its partners on the East Asia-Europe service NE6 organized by the CKYH Alliance.Along with Werner Viessman of the Nautical Operations Centre, Jong-Man Hong, Managing Director Europe, Patrick Won, Country Manager Germany, and further representatives of HANJIN SHIPPING and Thomas Eckelmann, Emanuel Schiffer and Peter Zielinski of the EUROGATE Executive Board, to mark the occasion Captain Dosun Han of the HANJIN SOOHO was presented with the Admiralty Coat of Arms of the Port of Hamburg.The HANJIN SOOHO will be deployed on the NE6 Europe-East Asia container line operated by HANJIN ...