Tag: shipping
Low water slows down freight shipping – what the economy is now threatened with
Berlin The drought in Germany is becoming a burden for inland shipping. The reason: the water levels of many rivers are so low that ships can only navigate them more…
Who is behind Deutsche ReGas?
Ingo Wagner, Olaf Scholz, Manuela Schwesig, and Stephan Knabe The Federal Chancellor, the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the ReGas founders were present at the opening of the Neptune…
Who is behind Deutsche ReGas?
Ingo Wagner, Olaf Scholz, Manuela Schwesig, and Stephan Knabe The Federal Chancellor, the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the ReGas founders were present at the opening of the Neptune…
Maritime economy: Traffic light coalition wants to stop the downward trend
Berlin With a 66-point package of measures, the traffic light coalition wants to counter the concern that the increasing dominance of Asian countries in shipbuilding, waterway infrastructure and energy transport…
CDU and CSU want to protect ship production in Europe
Berlin/Hamburg The CDU and CSU want to protect the maritime economy and use instruments similar to those used by the American government to strengthen production in the areas of energy…
Hamburg shipowner Bertram Rickmers died
Bertram Rickmers The shipowner died on Monday night at the age of 70. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf His holding company went bankrupt six years ago. It was the biggest bankruptcy in…
Hamburg shipowner Bertram Rickmers died
Bertram Rickmers The shipowner died on Monday night at the age of 71. (Photo: dpa) Hamburg The Hamburg shipowner Bertram Rickmers is dead. “Mr. Rickmers died unexpectedly at home on…
Agreement to extend the Grains Agreement
Bulk carrier in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul The Black Sea Grains Initiative has so far enabled the export of more than 30 million tons of grain and other…
LNG terminals are connected to the grid in Mukran
Robert Habeck The Federal Minister of Economics wants to use the terminals to secure the supply of natural gas. (Photo: IMAGO/BildFunkMV) Berlin The Federal Ministry of Economics wants to install…
Federal government allows Cosco from China to participate in Hamburg terminal
Chinese shipping company Cosco loading The world’s fourth largest container shipping company is allowed to participate in the port of Hamburg. (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf The Chinese container shipping company Cosco…
Federal government allows Cosco from China to participate in Hamburg terminal
Chinese shipping company Cosco loading The world’s fourth largest container shipping company is allowed to participate in the port of Hamburg. (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf The Chinese container shipping company Cosco…
Logisticians are changing from drivers to victims of inflation
Container ship in the port of Hamburg As late as 2022, the high freight rates caused a lot of price increases. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf US President Joe Bilden complained last…
RWE wants to withdraw from the LNG terminal project on Rügen
Dusseldorf Since the beginning of the year, people have been taking to the streets on the otherwise peaceful Baltic Sea island of Rügen. They are protesting against two planned terminals…
How sustainable can the ships become?
Dusseldorf After the end of pandemic-related restrictions, many Germans are thinking about booking a cruise again. But the industry has a bad climate image due to the high emissions from…
Moscow is threatening the end of the grain agreement more clearly than ever
Sergey Lavrov Russia’s top diplomat is threatening more openly than ever not to extend the grain deal. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Geneva This Tuesday, the cargo ship “Ikaria Angel” left the Ukrainian…
Greece is expanding LNG infrastructure – but experts warn against overdoing it
LNG terminal on Revithoussa So far, all Greek LNG imports have gone through the country’s only terminal, but that is set to change as early as 2023. (Photo: DESFA) Athens…
Chinese state shipping company’s entry into the port of Hamburg could still tip over
Container ship of the Cosco shipping company in the port of Hamburg The federal government has been arguing for months about the participation of the Chinese logistics group in a…
Chinese state shipping company’s entry into the port of Hamburg could still tip over
Container ship of the Cosco shipping company in the port of Hamburg The federal government has been arguing for months about the participation of the Chinese logistics group in a…
How US LNG exports to Europe have doubled
Sabine Pass, Houston “LNG” is written in large white letters on the 300 meter long blue tanker with its four thick white containers on the deck, which is slowly disappearing…
Russian oligarch grabs Greek ports
Ivan Savvidis in 2016 The Russian-Greek entrepreneur controls several companies in Greece. (Photo: imago/ZUMA Press) Athens Greece is speeding up the privatization of its ports. As early as 2015, the…