Tag: Merchant shipping
Greens and FDP warn of new dependencies on China
Port of Hamburg with the ship from Cosco Shipping The Federal Chancellery had advocated the participation of the Chinese state-owned company. (Photo: imago images/BeckerBredel) Berlin The German government’s agreement in…
Port of Hamburg: Federal government wants to approve deal
Container ship of the Chinese company Cosco enters the port of Hamburg The planned sale of parts of the Port of Hamburg to the Chinese state-owned company Cosco is causing…
Port of Hamburg: Federal government wants to approve deal
Container ship of the Chinese company Cosco enters the port of Hamburg The planned sale of parts of the Port of Hamburg to the Chinese state-owned company Cosco is causing…
This is how the operator defends the China deal
HHLA CEO Angela Titzrath Controversial China deal on the Elbe. Photo: HHLA/Nele Martensen Dusseldorf A year ago, Angela Titzrath, CEO of the Hamburg terminal operator HHLA, might have been awarded…
Dispute over Cosco and HHLA
Container Ship Cosco wants to take a 35 percent minority stake in the Hamburg container terminal. (Photo: IMAGO/Nikita) Berlin, Brussels The Federal Chancellery is in favor, the Ministry of Economic…
The EU warned in the spring that the Chinese would get involved
Terminal in the port of Hamburg The federal government is arguing about the entry of a Chinese investor. (Photo: dpa) Brussels, Berlin In the spring, the EU Commission warned the…
Traffic light politicians warn against Cosco entering the port of Hamburg
The chairman of the secret service control committee of the Bundestag, Konstantin von Notz (Greens), told the Handelsblatt: “There may be short-term economic arguments for China’s entry into the port…
Traffic light politicians warn against Cosco entering the port of Hamburg
The chairman of the secret service control committee of the Bundestag, Konstantin von Notz (Greens), told the Handelsblatt: “There may be short-term economic arguments for China’s entry into the port…
Numerous LNG tankers are stowed in front of Spain
Madrid Dozens of ships carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) are currently piling up off the Spanish coast. The reason: You cannot find any free terminals to unload. If the backlog…
Deal with shipping company from China causes a dispute at traffic lights
Container terminal Tollerort in the port of Hamburg The Chinese Cosco Group was to receive a 35 percent stake in a loading station owned by the port operator HHLA in…
Logistic companies cash in, politicians seem powerless
Wilhelmshaven container terminal The Hapag-Lloyd shipping company has acquired a stake in the container port – just one of many deals in the logistics industry. (Photo: imago stock&people) The wave…
Kühne expands influence at Lufthansa
A Lufthansa jet takes off from Frankfurt The major shareholder Klaus-Michael Kühne is likely to have a say in the future strategy of the airline – soon also on the…
Kühne expands influence at Lufthansa
A Lufthansa jet takes off from Frankfurt The major shareholder Klaus-Michael Kühne is likely to have a say in the future strategy of the airline – soon also on the…
Kühne wants to buy more shares in the airline
Klaus Michael Kuehne The logistics company is gradually taking on the role of an anchor shareholder. (Photo: Carsten Dammann for Handelsblatt) Frankfurt Logistics entrepreneur Klaus-Michael Kühne recently declared that he…
Sale of sea container factory to Chinese halted
Dusseldorf The US Department of Justice, with the support of the Federal Cartel Office, stops the sale of a Danish sea container manufacturer to China. The reason given by the…
Sale of sea container factory to Chinese halted
Dusseldorf The US Department of Justice, with the support of the Federal Cartel Office, stops the sale of a Danish sea container manufacturer to China. The reason given by the…
The Kaub Rhine level rises by more than a meter – and soon falls again
The Rhine at Kaub The water levels on the Rhine continue to rise. However, they are likely to sink again in the Middle Rhine before they reach the Lower Rhine.…
The Kaub Rhine level rises by more than a meter – and soon falls again
The Rhine at Kaub The water levels on the Rhine continue to rise. However, they are likely to sink again in the Middle Rhine before they reach the Lower Rhine.…
Entry by Chinese state-owned companies is becoming increasingly unlikely
Chinese container freighter “Cosco Hamburg” Chinese container freighter from Cosco: The Chinese state-owned company wants to acquire a minority stake in the Port of Hamburg. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Contrary to…
Retail is already starting Christmas shopping
Dusseldorf Strikes by port workers in Hamburg and in Felixstowe, UK, the threat of labor disputes by transport workers in the USA, possible disruptions in the Taiwan Strait, through which…