After the previous year’s downturn caused by the corona pandemic, in 2021 the seaborne cargo throughput trend in the Port of Hamburg was more positive than expected. This totalled 128.7 million tons, or nearly two percent more than in the first year of the corona pandemic. At 8.7 million TEU – 20-ft standard containers, container .
In 2020, Jan De Nul Group achieved an annual turnover of more than 1.9 billion euros with EBITDA reaching 344 million euros, i.e. 18% of the turnover, a performance in the lead group of the industry.
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CMA CGM Jacques Saadé 1st Megamax to pass Elbe’s improved draft May 6, 2021, by Fatima Bahtić
CMA CGM Jacques Saadé, an LNG-powered Megamax container ship owned by French shipping major CMA CGM, has officially got its feet wet on Elbe’s improved draft, starting a new, two-stage release.
On 5 May, the 23,112 TEU CMA CGM Jacques Saadé made its first official voyage through the deepened and widened navigation channel, heading for the Port of Hamburg.
Photo: Port of Hamburg/Julia Kück
With a length of 400 metres and a breadth of 61 metres, this containership giant is one of the vessels immediately able to utilize an improved draft. This means that the ship can bring around 1,000 more containers to Hamburg.