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The Swedish paper and timber products manufacturer Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) and its transport and logistics unit SCA Transforest have been operating a regular scheduled liner service called “Container Express” since 1 March 2010, linking northern Sweden and the Port of Hamburg.

During the first two months of this year the Unicredit Bank PLC created a current “maritime trend barometer” by interviewing the major local shipping companies in Germany and Europe.

On 12 February 2010, the container ship MAERSK SYDNEY called at the Port of Hamburg for the first time as part of the Maersk Line’s expanded AE-10 scheduled liner service.

This liner service links the ports of Shenzhen (Dachan Bay), Ningbo, Shanghai, Kaohsiung, Shenzhen (Yantian), Hong Kong and Tanjung Pelepas with continental Europe.

Container traffic from and to Russia via Hamburg is picking up again. Growing demand for feeder transport capacity prompted the launch of an additional feeder service between the Port of Hamburg and the Russian Baltic seaport of St. Petersburg.

After a difficult year 2009, the Port of Hamburg expects moderate growth for 2010.

China is still one of the most powerful trading nations of the world. With a volume of around 2.3 million TEUs (20 foot standard containers), it remains Hamburg’s most important trading partner for sea freight and container transport.

In mid-January, the French shipping company CMA CGM started operating a new feeder service between the Port of Hamburg and the Danish ports of Fredericia and Copenhagen, as well as Halmstad in Sweden and the Baltic Sea port of Szczecin in Poland.

With the expansion of their new Feeder Logistik Zentrale (FLZ) for feederships, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and EUROGATE are further strengthening the Port of Hamburg’s competitiveness.

The Senate today adopted a resolution to apply to the federal government to have the Free Zone abolished. The decision has been reached after intensive discussions about the future of the Free Port over a period of several years. The resolution is based on a broad consensus that was achieved in cooperation with the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and the port-related business associations.

Europe’s leading multimodal container operator Samskip has appointed a new local agent in Poland.