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Kiel wins prestigious LED lighting award

News2 Oct 2021

The façade illumination makes the port’s shore power supply visible from afar, emphasising its efforts to reduce climate impact...

More intermodal connectivity for Kiel

News8 Sep 2021

The Port of Kiel is now connected to Verona, over the new Hannover Lehrte steel wheel hub and the Brenner...

Port of Kiel grows strongly in H1 2021

News14 Aug 2021

Traffic increased 8.25% year-on-year with ferry-borne truck and trailer loads up by 12.7%...

More shore power for Kiel, and first for Copenhagen

News19 Jun 2021

Onshore power plant at Kiel’s Ostseekai has been inaugurated, and the first installation at CMP port is nearing completion at the Dampfær...

Ports hold the line in pandemic year

News10 Feb 2021

Here are recent results from three ports in the Swedish/Baltic space, indicating cargo resilience in a turbulent year...

Stena Line connects to shore power in Kiel

News12 Dec 2020

The new connection in Kiel is capable of reducing CO2 E from the STENA SCANDINAVICA and STENA GERMANICA by 2,700 tpa. Separately, Stena Line...

Kiel tops 7 Mt in 2019; aims to be carbon-neutral by 2030

News22 Jan 2020

Throughput at terminals operated by the Port of Kiel (Kiel Seehafen GmbH) increased 1.9% to 6.8 Mt, while independently-run bulk handling bu...

Port of Kiel ready for longer intermodal trains

News9 Nov 2019

The Port of Kiel’s train formation station at Meimersdorf is now prepared for 740m long trains, helping to build on the port’s existing ...

Kiel again posts more than 7 Mt

News19 Jan 2019

Germany’s Port of Kiel recorded 2.2M cruise and ropax passengers (+ 4.2%) and again over 7 Mt of cargo handled, although that was down 3.5...

More Color for Kiel

News13 Jan 2019

Color Line has added a ro-ro freighter service to its Oslo-Kiel route, to shift more cargo from road to sea...

Port of Kiel – construction of the first onshore power supply plant for commercial vessels has begun

News27 Oct 2018

Construction work on shore power at the Color Line berth is now under way, to be followed by installations at other berths...

Kiel improvement plans

News1 Aug 2018

As well as installing shore power at the Color Line berth (WorldCargo News, July 2018, p3), the Port of Kiel, which is handling 2M passenger...

Kiel posts record results

News24 Jan 2018

In 2017 the Port of Kiel handled more than 7 Mt for the first time...

German port of Kiel continues expansion

News1 May 2017

The expansion of the Port of Kiel’s Ostuferhafen area has entered its fifth phase with the approval by Schleswig-Holstein state premier To...

Kiel-Hamburg barges

News1 Jan 2017

Germany’s Port of Kiel is now a major hub for Swedish forestry products exports (WorldCargo News, September 2015, p52). A push barge servi...

Port of Kiel wins paper business

News1 Sep 2015

Towards the end of June, the Port of Kiel won a contract to handle and distribute forest products from Swedish paper shippers Svenska Cellul...

Kiel wins prestigious LED lighting award

More intermodal connectivity for Kiel

Port of Kiel grows strongly in H1 2021

More shore power for Kiel, and first for Copenhagen

Ports hold the line in pandemic year

Stena Line connects to shore power in Kiel

Kiel tops 7 Mt in 2019; aims to be carbon-neutral by 2030

Port of Kiel ready for longer intermodal trains

Kiel again posts more than 7 Mt

More Color for Kiel

Port of Kiel – construction of the first onshore power supply plant for commercial vessels has begun

Kiel improvement plans

Kiel posts record results

German port of Kiel continues expansion

Kiel-Hamburg barges

Port of Kiel wins paper business

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Congestion at CTA

Dry box building boom

Reefer monitoring on barges

Asyaport becomes first port in Türkiye to offer shore power

Hapag-Lloyd improves container tracking for inland transportation

Kiel wins prestigious LED lighting award

More intermodal connectivity for Kiel

Port of Kiel grows strongly in H1 2021

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Congestion at CTA

Dry box building boom

Reefer monitoring on barges

Asyaport becomes first port in Türkiye to offer shore power

Hapag-Lloyd improves container tracking for inland transportation

Montreal strike leads MEA to suspend salary guarantee

ILWU Canada announces new strike

Ships divert as indefinite strike shuts down Montreal’s Termont terminals

BC Ports start lockout

US ports detail investment plans following US$ 2.9bn Clean Ports Program awards