The person in charge of Hamburg Port operation said that in the next few years, China EU railway freight business is willing to continuing to maintain rapid growth, and Hamburg Port has broad prospects for cooperation with China.

Mattern, chief executive officer of Hamburg Port marketing, said that China Europe train is an important support for shipping services in the global supply chain and has a strong development momentum.

As we all know, Hamburg Port is one of the largest trade hubs in Europe, and its trade with China is very close. In 2019, there will be more than 2.5 million containers to and from China.

Maten said that nearly a quarter of all containers passing through Hamburg Port are destined for China, and a total of 20 liner ships travel between Hamburg and all major ports in China.

"The advantage of Hamburg Port lies in its connection with the European railway network, and no other port in Europe provides similar extensive coverage. Hamburg Port is not only a transport hub for Germany, but also for most European countries, "he said.

In 2020, Hamburg's port hinterland railway transportation volume will reach 46.6 million tons, 2.6 million 20 foot equivalent units (TEU). 

In terms of traffic volume, 2020 is the third best year, while in terms of the number of containers carried, it is the second best year in the history of Hamburg Port Railway. 

Mattern said that the railway could even increase its share in the port hinterland transportation mode by 1.3 percentage points to 50.7%.

Hamburg handles about 200 freight trains and 5500 trucks a day, he said. There are now more than 160 rail operators using these tracks, with a dense freight loading network and shuttle and block train connections across Europe.

There are nearly 2200 flights to and from Hamburg every week - only more than 230 of which are related to China every week.

In November 2020 and April this year, two routes between Hamburg and Xuzhou in Jiangsu Province and Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province were added respectively.

"Although rail freight still lags behind sea freight in terms of freight volume, it undoubtedly plays an important role in promoting economic relations and trade between China, Germany and other countries," mattern said.

For example, before the popularity of cowid-19, many large logistics companies in Hamburg, such as Dachser and Hellmann, were already heavily using the transport routes of the new silk road. In 2008, the first train in Xiangtang Town, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province arrived in Hamburg.

According to industry sources, the demand for train connections at Hamburg Port has also increased due to the limited capacity of scheduled connections and air transport suspended during the pandemic

"During the crisis, we were able to deliver medical supplies to Hamburg very quickly by train connection," he said.

In the most difficult times, we were able to get medical supplies to Hamburg quickly by train, "he said“ And then in Hamburg Port, by water and rail, to provide relief to the people and keep the goods on supermarket shelves. "

According to relevant statistics, the throughput of intercontinental railway transportation between Hamburg and China alone will increase by at least 7% in 2020, bringing the total transportation volume to 107000 TEUs.

"Hamburg Port leads all ports in the field of railway transportation. Naturally, its superior position as a transportation hub also helps to connect with all the railways in China, "he said.

" We see further growth potential. In any case, Hamburg and its logistics companies are ready to further strengthen cooperation with ports from China. "