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Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (HHLA AG) will remain under the control of the city of Hamburg, with the new major shareholder – the world’s largest container shipping company Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) – becoming a strategic partner in the development of the company. Following approvals from the Hamburg parliament, the European Commission and the Ukrainian antitrust authority, all conditions for completing the transaction have been met and it will be completed by the end of 2024.

Dredging work has been completed in the port of Kuryk in a record short time. Thanks to these measures, the depth of the water area and the approach channel of the port is now from seven to eight meters, which allows for an increase in the passage draft of ships and ensures their full loading. The work was carried out by the general contractor, Jan De Nul Kazakhstan LLP, using the Vesalius dredger, removing more than 990 thousand cubic meters of soil.

The container ship Maersk Halifax has become the first large vessel in the industry to be converted to run on methanol. The conversion took 88 days at the Zhoushan Xinya shipyard in China and was completed at the end of October 2024.

The Port of Tallinn and JetGas have signed an agreement to establish a liquefied methane terminal in the Port of Muuga. The project involves the staged construction of five methane storage tanks and a connecting pipeline to the berth. The first stage, including the construction of one tank, is planned to be completed by the end of 2027, and the entire complex no later than 2030.

In the first nine months of 2024, the container throughput of the Port of Hamburg amounted to 5.8 million TEU, which is almost the same as last year. An increase of 0.2% was recorded in the loaded container segment (5.1 million TEU), but the handling of empty containers decreased by 4.6% to 722 thousand TEU. In the general cargo segment, an increase of 3.7% was recorded, reaching 904 thousand tons. At the same time, the volume of bulk cargo transshipment decreased by 9.3%, amounting to 24.9 million tons, which is due, in particular, to a reduction in coal transshipment after the closure of power plants.