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Germany's biggest port poised to lose out once Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk join forces

Ports play a key role in Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk’s future alliance, but the former’s home port of Hamburg won’t be a hub in the Gemini Cooperation.
Hapag-Lloyd expects to pull up to 10% of its cargo away from the Port of Hamburg when it enters into a new partnership with Maersk in 2025. | Photo: Ulrich Perrey/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
Hapag-Lloyd expects to pull up to 10% of its cargo away from the Port of Hamburg when it enters into a new partnership with Maersk in 2025. | Photo: Ulrich Perrey/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
by JENS THOMSEN

The Port of Hamburg, Germany’s largest and Europe’s third largest cargo port by volume, is set to lose out when two of container shipping’s largest shipping companies, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk, enter into a new partnership next year, expects Hapag-Lloyd chief executive Rolf Habben Jansen. 

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