Kiel’s new deal
The Port of Kiel has gained container wayport status by being added to the liner service network of Gothenburg based shipping company TransAtlantic. With immediate effect, ships serving on the company’s Bothnia Line between Kerni/Oulu in Finland and Zeebrugge/Antwerp in Belgium are making a weekly stop in Kiel. Container part loads destined for overseas destinations via Hamburg are now being unloaded in the Ostuferhafen.
Dr Dirk Claus, managing director of the Port of Kiel (SEEHAFEN KIEL GmbH & Co. KG) said, “We are profiting here from our location on the Kiel Canal. Our wayport function is a good example of cooperation between Kiel and Hamburg because it means that Finnish cargo can continue to be handled by north German seaports”. Containers unloaded for TransAtlantic are transported from Kiel by shuttle train to Hamburg terminals and loaded there for overseas destinations.
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