Welcome reception of Duisburg river harbor

Welcome reception took place on August, 29, 2018 in the Renaissance St Petersburg Baltic Hotel on the occasion of Duisburg river harbor’s officials visiting St. Petersburg. Duisburg team included port`s top management, delegation of clients` advisory council, representatives of companies providing transport and logistics services, and others.
Development of cooperation between Duisburg river harbor and St. Petersburg in sea, river, and railway transportation as well as in logistics services was the main theme of the event.
Official part of the reception was opened by Mrs Alexandra Bahmutskaya, Director of St. Petersburg State Public Establishment «Agency of interurban transport».
Mr. Erich Staake, General Director and President of Duisburg river harbor gave in his speech an overview of history, achievements, current situation, and also future of the largest European inner harbor. Duisburg river harbor has been founded more than one hundred years ago and nowadays its area exceeds two million sq. m. Cargo turnover in 2017 - 130 million ton, 4.1 million TEUs.
Duisburg is also a large cargo railway junction in Europe offering the opportunity to reach every significant industrial region. The river harbor actively promotes ties with the East Europe, Russia, and China. With China it has regular railway connection and rail traffic is increasingly growing as more and more customers attracted by tariffs and terms are seeking railway services to deliver their goods from Southeast Asia.
Duisburg river harbor has invested in «Great stone» industrial park near Minsk in Belarus, one of the largest industrial and logistics sites in Europe.
Welcome reception of Duisburg river harbor offered a favorable opportunity for participants to exchange opinions, develop mutual dialogue; it displayed an aspiration of representatives of business community of Germany and Russia to extend cooperation.
At the invitation of Mr. Volker Schmitz, Managing Director of duisport agency GmbH, representatives of WTN Spedition GmbH, Hamburg took part in the event.