Hamburg Port welcome reception in St. Petersburg

On September, 17, 2015 Port of Hamburg welcomed guests to its annual reception in Saint Petersburg. The event was attended by number of officials including Dr. Heike Peitsch, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in St. Petersburg. About two hundred and fifty representatives of the port and transport industry from Hamburg and St. Petersburg including VTN people took part in the event. The reception was hosted by Mrs. Natalia Kapkajewa, Head of the Port of Hamburg Marketing Representative Office in St. Petersburg. Guests were addressed by Mr. Olaf Scholz, First Mayor of Hamburg, Mr. Ingo Egloff, Chief executive of the Port of Hamburg Marketing Executive Board, and by Mr. Evgeny Grigoriev, Chairman of the Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg City Administration. The event showed that participants representing business community of Germany and Russia were keen to further improve and develop mutual cooperation despite current political uncertainty