Hamburg Port reception in St. Petersburg

On September, 22, 2016 numerous representatives of the port and transport industry from Hamburg and St. Petersburg have gathered for the traditional reception which annually held by the Port of Hamburg Marketing Representative Office in St. Petersburg. The start of partnership between twin cities - Hamburg and St. Petersburg - goes back to 1957. Now joint projects between two cities are successfully implemented in variety of areas including economy and culture. As usual Hamburg Port reception gives a great opportunity to develop a dialogue between participants of transport and port businesses.

A business dinner associated with visiting St. Petersburg by Mr. Andreas Rieckhof, State Counsellor of Ministry of Economy, Transport and Innovation of Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg took place just a few hours before the beginning of the Hamburg Port solemn reception. Among the dinner guests were Mr. Sergey Movchan, vice-governor of St. Petersburg, Dr. Stefan Kordasch, Deputy Consul General of Federal Republic of Germany in St. Petersburg, Mr. Ingo Egloff, Chief executive of Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM) Executive Board, Dr. Gabriele Koetschau, Head of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce representation in St. Petersburg, Mrs. Natalia Kapkajewa, Head of the Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM) Representative Office in St. Petersburg, and representatives of business community of St. Petersburg. Useful and interesting exchange of opinions on the current economic cooperation between Germany and the Russian Federation, between enterprises from Hamburg and St. Petersburg took place during the business dinner. It was held in very friendly atmosphere.

Our people from WTN Spedition GmbH and VTN-Agency companies took part in both events.