The Port of Hamburg has examined the possibility of deepening the Elbe River, following the first call of the largest containership handled in the Port of Hamburg, the ‘CMA CGM Christoph Colomb’, Baird Maritime reports.
Business and port representatives have called for the deepening of the fairway of the Lower and Outer Elbe, connecting the Port of Hamburg with the North Sea, “which is urgently required for the arrival and departure of these particularly big ships with draughts of up to 15.50 metres.”
More and more large containerships call at the Port of Hamburg, according to the port authority. In 2010 more than 100 ships of more than 10,000TEU are expected to call at Germany’s biggest seaport.
Last week the new flagship from the French shipping company CMA CGM came from Le Havre, France, and, with a holding area capacity of 13,800 TEU as well as 800 connections for reefers and a deadweight capacity of 157,000 tonnes, it is currently the largest containership worldwide.
The President of the Chamber of Commerce Hamburg, Frank Horch, pointed out the importance of an efficient port for the whole metropolitan region. This urgently includes the deepening of the Lower Elbe fairway, he said.
“The transhipment development in the Port of Hamburg is continuously pointing upwards. In particular the traffic from and to Asia is developing. In this respect, the arrival of the ‘CMA CGM Christophe Colomb’ is also a sign of economic recovery in the Port of Hamburg,” said Jens Meier, Member of the Management of the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA).
Business and port representatives have called for the deepening of the fairway of the Lower and Outer Elbe, connecting the Port of Hamburg with the North Sea, “which is urgently required for the arrival and departure of these particularly big ships with draughts of up to 15.50 metres.”
More and more large containerships call at the Port of Hamburg, according to the port authority. In 2010 more than 100 ships of more than 10,000TEU are expected to call at Germany’s biggest seaport.
Last week the new flagship from the French shipping company CMA CGM came from Le Havre, France, and, with a holding area capacity of 13,800 TEU as well as 800 connections for reefers and a deadweight capacity of 157,000 tonnes, it is currently the largest containership worldwide.
The President of the Chamber of Commerce Hamburg, Frank Horch, pointed out the importance of an efficient port for the whole metropolitan region. This urgently includes the deepening of the Lower Elbe fairway, he said.
“The transhipment development in the Port of Hamburg is continuously pointing upwards. In particular the traffic from and to Asia is developing. In this respect, the arrival of the ‘CMA CGM Christophe Colomb’ is also a sign of economic recovery in the Port of Hamburg,” said Jens Meier, Member of the Management of the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA).