CEO of Port of Hamburg Marketing, Axel Mattern, commented that the port foresees great prospects for cooperation with China as almost one-third of all containers passing through the Port of Hamburg have China as their destination or origin.
A total of 15 liner services connect Hamburg with all major Chinese ports with 230 connections per week with China. Cities such as Changchun. Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, and Dalian are linked to Hamburg by regular train services via the New Silk Road.
In November 2020 and April this year, two more connections were added between Hamburg and Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, and Shijiazhuang, Hebei province.
Last year, the throughput on intercontinental rail traffic between Hamburg and China jumped by at least 7% to a total volume of 107,000 TEU.
“The Port of Hamburg leads all ports in rail transport. Naturally, its excellent position as a transport hub also contributes to all rail connections with China. We see that there is further potential for growth. Hamburg and its logistics firms are in any case prepared to further intensify cooperation with partners and friends from China,” Mattern said.
Other than that, the Port of Hamburg is the central hub for China traffic not only for Germany but also for Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Switzerland, he added.
