Sassnitz-Mukran flexes cargo muscles

Europes biggest fish processing plant has opened near the port of Sassnitz-Mukran closing a gap in the supply chain between product and consumer in the German Baltic state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The former GDR seaport is better known for its ferry and ro-ro traffic. The settlement of the € 80m Dutch-owned EuroBaltic Fischwerk is a strategic move to boost port earnings, expand traffic and also, as state premier Harald Ringstorff pointed out at the opening, to improve local fish supply. Fishermen are now hoping for better prices and markets.