Hamburg Archives - The Loadstar Making sense of the supply chain Mon, 04 Nov 2024 14:08:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 31889032 Carriers drop calls at Hamburg after congestion builds at CTA https://theloadstar.com/carriers-drop-calls-at-hamburg-after-congestion-builds-at-cta/ https://theloadstar.com/carriers-drop-calls-at-hamburg-after-congestion-builds-at-cta/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2024 14:08:50 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=284207 Congestion issues continue to plague Hamburg’s flagship automated Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA), due to operator HHLA’s modernisation programme, forcing carriers to drop sailings into Germany’s largest port.
Jan Kolditz, director of IT and terminal development of HHLA, told The Loadstar on the sidelines of the recent World Ports Conference in Hamburg that CTA was replacing its entire fleet of ship-to-shore cranes.
“All 14 are being replaced as they have come to the ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/carriers-drop-calls-at-hamburg-after-congestion-builds-at-cta/feed/ 0 284207 Threat of more strikes at German ports as workers reject ‘inadequate’ offer https://theloadstar.com/threat-of-more-strikes-at-german-ports-as-workers-reject-inadequate-offer/ https://theloadstar.com/threat-of-more-strikes-at-german-ports-as-workers-reject-inadequate-offer/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:58:14 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=279069 German trade union ver.di has rejected the Central Association of German Seaport Operators’ (ZDS) collective agreement offer, sparking strike fears.  
In the fourth round of negotiations for a new collective agreement for the 11,500 employees of the German North Sea ports last month, ZDS submitted an offer that contained two variants with different durations.  
However, a ver.di member survey last week resulted in both variants being rejected as insufficient, and ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/threat-of-more-strikes-at-german-ports-as-workers-reject-inadequate-offer/feed/ 0 279069 Union calls more ‘warning strikes’ at German ports as talks restart https://theloadstar.com/union-calls-more-warning-strikes-at-german-ports-as-talks-restart/ https://theloadstar.com/union-calls-more-warning-strikes-at-german-ports-as-talks-restart/#respond Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:17:01 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=276209 German trade union ver.di has called on its members to take part in ‘warning strikes’, that threaten to paralyse German sea ports, before it re-enters the ring for round four of negotiations.
In the build-up to talks with the Central Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS), ver.di called strikes for yesterday, today and tomorrow “to increase the pressure on employers”. 
The fourth round of collective bargaining between ver.di and ZDS will be ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/union-calls-more-warning-strikes-at-german-ports-as-talks-restart/feed/ 0 276209 DB Cargo drivers kick off three-day strike over pay and working hours https://theloadstar.com/db-cargo-drivers-kick-off-three-day-strike-over-pay-and-working-hours/ https://theloadstar.com/db-cargo-drivers-kick-off-three-day-strike-over-pay-and-working-hours/#respond Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:55:04 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=262395 Freight movements across Germany could be thrown into chaos over the next couple of days as German train drivers begin a series of strike actions at state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn.
Freight train drivers who are members of the German Locomotive Drivers GDL union are set to walk off the job at 6pm today in an industrial action that is expected to last until the end of the week. They will ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/db-cargo-drivers-kick-off-three-day-strike-over-pay-and-working-hours/feed/ 0 262395 MSC’s Bremerhaven base remains – the plot thickens https://theloadstar.com/mscs-bremerhaven-base-remains-the-plot-thickens/ https://theloadstar.com/mscs-bremerhaven-base-remains-the-plot-thickens/#respond Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:01:04 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=256223 A short note on the unfolding jigsaw puzzle that is the German port industry, following the renewal of MSC’s lease at the port of Bremerhaven – the world’s largest shipping line is now set to remain at the German transhipment hub until at least 2048.
Its joint-venture contract with the port’s terminal operator, Eurogate, at Bremerhaven’s MSC Gate terminal had been due to expire at the end of this year, and ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/mscs-bremerhaven-base-remains-the-plot-thickens/feed/ 0 256223 German port strike ‘chaos’ set for Thursday as talks collapse https://theloadstar.com/german-port-strike-chaos-set-for-thursday-as-talks-collapse/ https://theloadstar.com/german-port-strike-chaos-set-for-thursday-as-talks-collapse/#respond Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:09:12 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=215360 German dockers are set to commence a 48-hour strike on Thursday as wage negotiations with employers reached an impasse.
The industrial action by 12,000 port workers will halt operations at the key container hubs of Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven, and will be the third and longest period of industrial action in the increasingly bitter wage dispute.
If the strike goes ahead, it will have a serious impact on liner networks and worsen ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/german-port-strike-chaos-set-for-thursday-as-talks-collapse/feed/ 0 215360 Cosco in talks with HHLA over investment in Hamburg terminal CTT https://theloadstar.com/cosco-in-talks-with-hhla-over-investment-in-hamburg-terminal-ctt/ https://theloadstar.com/cosco-in-talks-with-hhla-over-investment-in-hamburg-terminal-ctt/#respond Mon, 07 Jun 2021 13:39:54 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=170088 Hamburg terminal operator HHLA has confirmed it has begun talks with Chinese counterpart Cosco Shipping Ports over the sale of a minority stake in its Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT) operation.
If the negotiations are successful, it would represent the first time a non-German operator has bought into the country’s main container gateway.
CTT is the smallest of HHLA’s deepsea terminals – alongside its flagship Burchardkai facility and semi-automated Alternwerder terminal – operating ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/cosco-in-talks-with-hhla-over-investment-in-hamburg-terminal-ctt/feed/ 0 170088 2M drops a Hamburg call to avoid ‘exceptional’ vessel waiting times https://theloadstar.com/2m-drops-a-hamburg-call-to-avoid-exceptional-vessel-waiting-times/ https://theloadstar.com/2m-drops-a-hamburg-call-to-avoid-exceptional-vessel-waiting-times/#respond Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:13:17 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=169319 Port congestion at the container hubs of North Europe is continuing to impact alliance networks and further disrupt already stretched supply chains.
The 2M partners, Maersk and MSC, advised customers today their AE7/Condor Loop 4 would omit Hamburg for the next four weeks to discharge cargo at Bremerhaven.
The Danish carrier said it had made the decision “as a result of high yard density and exceptional waiting time for our vessels in ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/2m-drops-a-hamburg-call-to-avoid-exceptional-vessel-waiting-times/feed/ 0 169319 Return of blanked Asia-Europe sailings as carriers bid to get back on schedule https://theloadstar.com/return-of-blanked-asia-europe-sailings-as-carriers-bid-to-get-back-on-schedule/ https://theloadstar.com/return-of-blanked-asia-europe-sailings-as-carriers-bid-to-get-back-on-schedule/#respond Mon, 17 May 2021 13:45:59 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=167502 The spectre of blank sailings may be about to return to haunt shippers and forwarders on the Asia-Europe trades, as carrier begin to cancel departures in an effort to restore schedule reliability.
Japanese carrier ONE this morning told customers THE Alliance would cancel three sailings on the FE2 and FE3 service departing Asia at the end of May and beginning of June, “due to the unfortunate schedule delays”.
The scheduled departure of ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/return-of-blanked-asia-europe-sailings-as-carriers-bid-to-get-back-on-schedule/feed/ 0 167502 Ports around the globe brace for massive post-Suez cargo logjams https://theloadstar.com/ports-around-the-globe-brace-for-massive-post-suez-cargo-logjams/ https://theloadstar.com/ports-around-the-globe-brace-for-massive-post-suez-cargo-logjams/#respond Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:35:46 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=162981 As much as 1.9m teu of cargo is expected to be caught up in the Suez Canal-driven supply chain congestion shortly to engulf many of the world’s largest container ports.
According to new data from supply chain visibility platform Project44, the recent canal blockage has led to a cumulative delay to shipping fleets of 1,072 days.
And the largest ports are expected to bear the brunt of a short-term surge in ship ...

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