News / Hamburg set to become a victim of its own success and needs deeper water

28/03/2014

Just how does Hamburg do it? It is over 100km off the main shipping routes, one of the most expensive ports in the world and is currently suffering crippling levels of congestion. Yet it continues to win market share from its north European rivals, if the latest results from box terminal operator HHLA are anything to go by.

Germany’s largest container stevedore said that despite the challenges, its market share in the north European ports range had increased to 20.4% after ...

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Lou Roll
April 02, 2014 at 12:39 pm
This article and its title are a bit confusing in their presentation: if the article is about the port of Hamburg, at large, then it should speak as well about the other terminal operators, such as Eurogate. If the article is about the specific terminal operator HHLA it should be titled accordingly.

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