MEXICO: Germany’s major shipping ports need to work together to fend off fierce foreign competitors, industry experts say. Angela Merkel will present a national harbor plan on Monday.
The port area looks new. The asphalt shimmers a deep dark-gray, the bike paths are painted a deep red, with no tire marks or cracks on the way to the sea. One access road to the wharf of the deep-water port is called “Malacca Street” and another is “Ocean Pier.” But things are quiet in Wilhelmshaven. The only movement comes from the wind.
Since 2012, there have been 400 employees waiting for ships at the Jade Weser Port. The terminal can handle up to 2.7 million containers. But the port is far from doing that. Last year, it had not even 100,000. The state governor for Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil practices forced optimism, and hopes that more ships will come in 2016. He speaks of a “second construction phase.” After all, the container ships will always be bigger and heavier, he said.
Wilhelmshaven has the only deep-water port on the northern German coast that can operate independently of tides. This port can dock ships such as the MSC Zoe. That containership is as tall as a six-story apartment building, and almost 400 meters long. At full capacity, it can transport 19,200 containers around the world. In doing so, it sags as low as a three-story house is tall. It cannot land at the port in Hamburg when it is fully loaded.
Shipping activity at Port Qasim on February 11
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