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On 11 January 2015 the port of Hamburg will welcome the biggest container ship in the world: the 19,100teu CSCL Globe.

The event will not only give China Shipping Container Lines temporary bragging rights of operating the world’s biggest container vessel – at 400m it is a metre longer than Maersk’s Triple-Es and has around 760teu more nominal capacity – but mark an important milestone for the German hub port.

Speaking to The Loadstar last week, Ingo Egloff, chief executive of Port ...