{"id":17942,"date":"2026-05-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/helmut-seilert-mukran-a-bridge-between-the-baltic-and-the-black-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:00:00","slug":"helmut-seilert-mukran-a-bridge-between-the-baltic-and-the-black-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/helmut-seilert-mukran-a-bridge-between-the-baltic-and-the-black-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Helmut Seilert: Mukran \u2013 a bridge between the Baltic and the Black Sea."},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Head of Port Development at Mukran, Helmut Seilert, presented a <strong>unique concept of connecting two seas<\/strong> at the BLACK SEA TRANSPORT CORRIDORS 2026: PORTS, RAILWAYS, SHIPPING conference.<\/p>\n<p>The Port of Mukran, described as a \u201cyoung\u201d European port founded in 1986, serves as the shortest link between the 1520 mm railway gauge network and Germany. A <strong>striking technical fact <\/strong>highlighted during the presentation was that the rail-ferry vessels operating in Mukran are almost identical to those used in the Black Sea, creating a natural technological symmetry for building a unified \u201cBlack Sea\u2013Baltic Sea\u201d corridor.<\/p>\n<p>Seilert pointed to <strong>the example of the Kiel Canal<\/strong>, noting that it saves vessels more than 200 nautical miles and a full day of sailing compared to the route around Denmark, a <strong>critical advantage for Eurasian container transport<\/strong> where time is a key factor. He also recalled that before 2022 Mukran handled around 50,000 TEU of Chinese transit annually, receiving up to four container vessels per day.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that \u201cthe pie is big enough for everyone\u201d and that the <strong>Middle Corridor will coexist with the Northern route<\/strong>, as the global economy is too interconnected to rely on a single pathway. Mukran is also actively diversifying beyond containers, <strong>planning to double grain handling to 2 million tons<\/strong> and expanding offshore wind energy projects. Seilert called for cooperation with Constan\u021ba, viewing the Black Sea-Baltic link as a gateway to Scandinavian markets, adding: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe pie is enough for all. Under normal conditions, the Middle Corridor will remain in demand. We offer a door to Scandinavia for cargo coming from the Black Sea. It is pure geometry, no magic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For more interviews and news from the world of logistics, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/transportcorridors.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TransportCorridors.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also take part in international logistics events organized by <strong>\u0413\u0440\u0443\u043f\u043f\u0430 RDL<\/strong> \u2013 visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rdl.group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>website <\/strong><\/a>for more details.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head of Port Development at Mukran, Helmut Seilert, presented a unique concept of connecting two seas at the BLACK SEA TRANSPORT CORRIDORS 2026: PORTS, RAILWAYS, SHIPPING conference.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caucasus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}