Germany\u2019s only deepwater port has served two \u201cmajor alliances\u201d over the last four months which has caused monthly container throughput on liner services to double since May, according to Eurogate.<\/p>\n
Mikkel Andersen, managing director of Eurogate Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven, said: \u201cSince the consolidation from four to three major alliances, our monthly handling figures have doubled.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sustained interest<\/strong><\/p>\n He said the 2.7m teu-capacity terminal had seen sustained interest regionally and beyond.<\/p>\n \u201cNow we have to chart the course for the future and strengthen our competitiveness. Compared to other port locations, Wilhelmshaven is a young port with a very young container terminal,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cThe current consolidation process among the shipping lines and the resulting processes of change in the market provide EUROGATE with the opportunity in Wilhelmshaven to establish ourselves as a first-class container terminal. This is an opportunity we want to and must grasp.\u201d<\/p>\n Efficiency drive<\/strong><\/p>\n Eurogate said the business generated from the alliances meant terminal operators need to be able to clear containers quickly and efficiently.<\/p>\n Operational staff numbers at the terminal are expected to increase from 400 to 600 over the next two years.<\/p>\n The 1.3m metres squared port, which has a quay length of 1,725m and water depth of 18m, confirmed it is also investing in feeder connections and new rail links.<\/p>\n It currently has eight container gantries (and another 8 in construction).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eurogate Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven plans to increase its workforce by 50% in response to higher volumes of business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-11154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11156,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11154\/revisions\/11156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11154"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=11154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}