Category: Shipping

Hamburg - quick wage agreement for port employees

Hamburg - quick wage agreement for port employees

Gepostet von | 18 Jul 2025 | , , | 0

German seaport companies have reached a new collective agreement with the trade union surprisingly quickly. Around 11,000 port workers in Hamburg and the other northern German coastal states will receive a 3.1 per cent wage increase and one-off payments from August. It only took two days of negotiations before the trade union ver.di and the Central Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS) reached a wage agreement. Ver.di had initially demanded an 8.4 per cent wage increase and appealed to the employers not to play for time. According to information from NDR, the employers initially offered 2.3 per cent. According to the ZDS, the collective agreement that has now been negotiated is valid for twelve months and includes...

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Federal government invests in port infrastructure

Federal government invests in port infrastructure

Gepostet von | 15 Jul 2025 | , , , | 0

Die norddeutschen Häfen sollen auf lange Sicht klimaneutral werden. Für die Modernisierung von Schifffahrt und Infrastruktur stellt der Bund in den kommenden vier Jahren zusätzlich 400 Millionen Euro bereit. Die Investitionen, die aus dem Klima- und Transformationsfonds (KTF) kommen sollen, sind für den Aufbau von grünen Landstromanlagen und Energiebunkern sowie für klimaneutrale Schifffahrtsrouten vorgesehen, erläuterte Bundesverkehrsminister Patrick Schnieder (CDU) Anfang Juli bei einem Besuch des Duisburger Hafens in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Auch die Verlagerung von städtischem Wirtschaftsverkehr auf die Wasserstraßen solle gefördert werden, denn eine moderne Schifffahrt mit entsprechender Infrastruktur sei das Rückgrat des Wirtschaftsstandorts Deutschland, so Schnieder. Bund, Länder und...

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French reconnaissance ship returns

French reconnaissance ship returns

Gepostet von | 13 Jul 2025 | , , | 0

Reconnaissance ship Dupuy de Lome passed through the Kiel Canal As enigmatic as this type of ship may be, they always manage to add something mystical. Kiel on Saturday morning shortly after sunrise: The French AGI FS Dupuy de Lome (A 759) came into the Bay of Kiel from the central Baltic Sea to start the NOK passage towards Brunsbüttel at around 08:00 with the support of two tugs. She was sighted at midday near Albersdorf when she was harnessed by the tugs PARAT and OSK RENDSBURG and headed for Brunsbüttel. She left the NOK at about 14:00. This marks the end of an almost two-month-long...

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"Planet: Homecoming from the Aegean:

"Planet: Homecoming from the Aegean:

Gepostet von | 11 Jul 2025 | , , | 0

Research vessel "Planet" back in Eckernförde On Tuesday, 15 July 2025 at 10 a.m., the research vessel "Planet" will return to Eckernförde. After setting sail on 1 October 2024, the research vessel "Planet" was part of the NATO support mission in the Aegean Sea. After nine months and 29,224 nautical miles, it's time to take stock: "It was the first time that the navy had completed this mission with a research vessel as its flagship. It attracted attention in the region and aroused the curiosity of the local nations. It was also a novelty for the predominantly military crew, as nobody was familiar with this class of ship and everyone had to be trained...

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