PORT OF Duisburg

New box terminal in Duisburg opens new opportunities

As a new container terminal opened at the Duisburg port, Container News attempted to evaluate the strategic environment and the tactics of the German port.

The data process noted a notable systemic simultaneous decline in shipping connectivity across Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. This could be related to broader economic downturns, shifts in global trade routes, or possibly regulatory changes affecting shipping operations.

As the Duisburg port holds a network with major European ports,...

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New member on executive board of Port of Duisburg

Lars Nennhaus has been a new member of the executive board of Duisburger Hafen AG since 1 January 2023.

The qualified industrial engineer will replace Prof. Thomas Schlipköther, who left the German port’s executive board at the end of 2022 when he reached retirement age.

Nennhaus started his career at the Port of Hamburg, and he has already worked for duisport from 2011 to 2018 as managing director of port & logistics development.

The new member of the board commented, “Many current port projects...

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Ports of Rotterdam and Duisburg extend partnership

A Letter of Intent (LOI) was jointly signed by the port authorities of Duisburg (Germany) and Rotterdam (Netherlands) for the renewal and extension of their cooperation agreements dating back to 2020.

In addition to the existing agreements related to the optimisation of logistical connections, the cooperation will be expanded with initiatives in the field of digitisation and energy transition.

Every year more than one million TEU of containers are exchanged between the two logistics hubs, with...

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duisport Group reports significant increases in earnings amid slight container growth

The duisport Group has announced that in the 2021 financial year the Port of Duisburg’s container turnover rose slightly by 2% to around 4.3 million TEU.

At the same time, the ownership and management company of the German port reported that its sales in 2021 were increased by 18.9%, compared to the previous year’s figure, reaching €346.8 million (US$365.9 million). As a result of the increased sales, duisport Group’s Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA)...

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Port of Duisburg ceases all business activity in Belarus

Port of Duisburg has announced the cessation of all business activity in Belarus with immediate effect due to the support of the Ukraine war by Belarus.

“We unreservedly close this chapter,” commented duisport’s CEO, Markus Bangen, on a decision that is based on close coordination between the executive board, the supervisory board and shareholders.

Germany’s inland port, duisport will divest both its minority stake (0.59%) in the international development company of the industrial and logistics...

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Port of Duisburg developing Europe’s first climate neutral box terminal

Port of Duisburg is developing the largest container terminal in the European hinterland and the first one with completely climate-neutral operations using hydrogen, intelligent networking, and the ability to supply neighboring districts with energy.

On the site of the former Coal Island, duisport will construct the trimodal Duisburg Gateway Terminal (DGT) by 2023 together with its international partners Cosco Shipping Logistics, Hupac SA, and the HTS Group.

To implement the complete energy...

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Duisport presents its own crane simulator

The duisport Group officially presented its own crane simulator in the Duisburg free port on 27 January 2020: A first for combined transportation in the hinterland.

With this initiative, the world’s largest inland port not only sets new trends for technical innovation in the logistics industry but also invests in the professional training and continuing education of its own employees.

“The duisport training center in the Duisburg free port has already had its own train simulator since the...

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Port of Duisburg visits Piraeus

A cooperation meeting between the administrations of the ports of Piraeus and Duisburg, Germany took place at the headquarters of PPA.

During the meeting, issues of mutual interest were discussed, and the CEO of PPA S.A. Captain Fu Chengqiu informed about the development plan and the upward trend of all the activities of PPA S.A.

The CEO Mr. Erich Staake, made a presentation of the port of Duisburg, which is the biggest river port in the world and its activities concern 75% the logistics sector.

Th...

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