HAMBURG. The Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS) welcomed the European Commission’s decision not to extend the block exemption regulation, which had allowed shipping consortia to agree on which ships could dock at which ports and transshipment facilities and...
PARIS. At its annual conference in Paris in late April, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) released the results of its Port Investments Study 2024, according to which the European port management authorities’ investment needs will rise to 80 billion euros in...
BERMEN/HAMBURG. In the future, a uniform digital release process that goes by the name “Secure Release Order” will gradually replace the pin code-based process for container import through German seaports. By comprehensively digitalising the release process, service...
CUXHAVEN/STADE. The LNG jetty in Stade, the largest port construction project of its time in Stade, was not completed and handed over to the operator until December 2023. The NPorts team in Cuxhaven, which is responsible for the Cuxhaven and Stade sites, is now on to...
BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN. Specially developed for Bremische Hafeneisenbahn, the Port Railway Information and Operation System (PRINOS) now controls all port rail traffic in Bremen and Bremerhaven. “We gave ourselves nearly a year to complete the full transition to the new,...
