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The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) and SPG Qingdao Port Group signed a Port Collaboration Agreement, which seeks to strengthen the relationship between both ports and intensify the exchange of knowledge and best practices.
Both parties aim to deepen their cooperation, especially in the areas of port planning, sustainability, and intermodal transport. The HPA and SPG signed a Memorandum of Understanding on strategic cooperation in 2016. Subsequently, in 2025, they signed a joint declaration establishing a Green Maritime Corridor between both ports. The recently formalized Port Collaboration Agreement represents the logical continuation and expansion of this long-standing collaboration.
The signing took place during a promotional tour organized by a Hamburg delegation from June 23 to 26. Participants included representatives from HPA, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), Eurogate, TSIT, and Hafen Hamburg Marketing (HHM). The tour aimed to further strengthen trade relations between China and the Port of Hamburg. At the German Logistics Roundtable in Qingdao and the Sino-German Logistics Roundtable in Shanghai, participants learned about the performance, experience, and innovative capabilities of Hamburg's port and logistics sector.
"Close collaboration with our Chinese partners is of great strategic importance for the Port of Hamburg. Through our promotional tour, we created a platform for open dialogue on sustainable logistics, resilient supply chains, and future joint projects. The Port Collaboration Agreement with Qingdao Port Group, in particular, demonstrates how collaborative solutions can be developed to support the transformation of the maritime sector and how partners from different continents can mutually benefit," stated Friedrich Stuhrmann, Commercial Director of the Hamburg Port Authority.
With 2.3 million TEUs handled in 2025, China remained the Port of Hamburg's main trading partner. In total, approximately 19.9 million tons of cargo were handled in maritime trade between Hamburg and China during that year.
Hamburg is directly connected to the People's Republic of China by 17 regular liner services. These include twelve container services, four general cargo services that also transport heavy lift cargo, and one Ro-Ro service, which also transports general cargo.
