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China's Cosco is still courting Germany's largest port

Cosco once again voices its desire for cooperation and investment in Hamburg, according to media reports.
Chinese shipping group Cosco would like to consolidate its position with more cooperation or investments in Germany's largest port of Hamburg, Cosco's new European head tells media. | Photo: Georg Wendt/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
Chinese shipping group Cosco would like to consolidate its position with more cooperation or investments in Germany's largest port of Hamburg, Cosco's new European head tells media. | Photo: Georg Wendt/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
by JENS THOMSEN

Although German politicians pulled the emergency brake when Hamburg’s largest port operator, HHLA, invited the state-controlled Chinese shipping group Cosco to buy into the Tollerort container terminal in 2021, the Chinese company has far from lost interest in Germany’s largest port.

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