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The press archives contain press releases published more than a year ago. They can be read online or downloaded. If you use the information for an article or another publication, please forward a copy to the Communication Department at the address given at News and Archives for information.

 06.07.2009

 
Danone Waters at logport
Danone Waters expands its Volvic and evian transportation infrastructure / Bohnen will start up a new Danone logistic center in the Port of Duisburg in 2010
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 02.04.2009

 
2008 a Successful Year for the duisport Group
Revenues soared to 139 million Euros / Substantial capital spending / 10th continuous improvement of result
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 17.03.2009

 
Polysius to Install new Logistics Operations in duisport
Leading plant engineering company to move most of its packaging and spare part operations and its distribution warehouse to Duisburg / Cooperation with the VTS Group / Modal shift from road to rail
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 04.03.2009

 
New logport Investments
Union Stahl and Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics have extended their facilities / CEVA Logistics opened new distribution center for FIAT parts
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 26.02.2009

 
Glückauf Express under Steam
duisport networks Ruhr region / Rail shuttle service between Duisburg and Dortmund with a stop-over in Gelsenkirchen / High train frequency
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 29.01.2009

 
duisport Reports Again Double-Digit Combined Transportation Growth
Container transfers beat 1 million TEU mark / Total cargo throughput at last year’s level in spite of difficult market conditions / 2009 prospects moderate
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 17.12.2008

 
InterBulk to Build Central European Hub at duisport
Europe’s leading intermodal logistics service provider to construct its largest terminal in the Port of Duisburg / Up to 40 new jobs
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 17.10.2008

 
Roundabout steers trucks to logport
Bypass East takes more than 13,200 vehicles a day away from Rheinhausen / Construction took only 15 months / Initiator duisport keeps promise
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 06.10.2008

 
logport-Ruhr – two strong partners under one roof
duisport and RAG Montan Immobilien found logport-Ruhr / Further networking of Ruhr region via duisport creates largest inland logistics turntable in Europe
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 28.07.2008

 
A Visible Commitment to the Environment
Duisburger Hafen AG planted 75 trees at the Ruhrort container terminals / Recent environmental projects will reduce annual CO2 greenhouse gas emissions by over 50,000 tons
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 30.06.2008

 
New Gateway-Terminal in Duisburg
logport II investment by the Imperial-Group / Faster Upper Rhine container transportation through new transportation service
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 24.06.2008

 
duisport and MGG (RAG) plan joint venture for logistic property development
logport Family to Grow
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 13.06.2008

 
Rhein-Ruhr Collin Opened New Headquarters
HVAC reseller invested 30 million Euros in the Kaßlerfeld Logistic Park / duisport company managed construction / Collin party and trade show to celebrate 20th anniversary
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 11.06.2008

 
duisport Pioneers New Trends
Port of Duisburg first inland port worldwide to introduce vessel tracking / Use of the vesseltracker.com Internet platform/ Real time monitoring of vessel traffic / Improved transportation chain planning
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 09.06.2008

 
Gökbora set up in logport
International headquarters of Turkish logistics group in the Port of Duisburg / Sustained growth of Turkish organization / Development of a corporate combined road-rail transportation network
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 05.05.2008

 
Flying an Antonov Airplane to the Pyramids
VTS Group organized heat exchanger transportation from Bergamo to Cairo /
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 24.04.2008

 
Cooperation Between Le Havre and Duisburg
Ports decide to step up cargo exchange / Port contact group set up
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 17.04.2008

 
First Shipping Line Container Terminal in Duisburg Opened
Duisburg Trimodal Terminal response to growing congestion in the sea ports/ CMA CGM and NYK consolidate gateway traffic/ Duisburg’s position as Europe’s central hinterland hub strengthened
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 01.04.2008

 
duisport Group with Peak Values in Sales, Earnings, and Investments
Total performance increases to Euro 126 million / Unbroken settlement dynamics in the logport
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 04.03.2008

 
Channel Tunnel Connects Manchester and Duisburg
New train service started / Five journeys a week / Traffic off the road
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 29.02.2008

 
Customs Agent Gerlach Moves into Port of Duisburg
High cargo volumes boost demand for office space
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 13.02.2008

 
duisport on Film – More than a Port!
New video and TV service online
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 06.02.2008

 
The Box in the Box
Innovative desiccant box for stuffing containers in the duisport Group / Patent and marketing rights secured
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 28.01.2008

 
duisport’s Railroad Transportation Growth Twice as High as German Average
Total duisport cargo throughput up to over 55 million tons / Records for containers, steel and coal / Railroads growth driver
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 24.01.2008

 
logport II Location Extended by duisport Group
New tracts to optimize conditions for trimodal cargo transfers
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 18.01.2008

 
Ports of Duisburg, Essen and Gelsenkirchen Decide to Cooperate
Growing logistic network in the Ruhr metropolitan area
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 09.11.2007

 
A Vast Amount of Wood
Huge quantities of timber felled by the Winter storm Kyrill are being transhipped and stored in the Port of Duisburg / An innovative logistics concept solves foresters\' problems
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 30.10.2007

 
Kuehne + Nagel Expands its Capacities at Duisburg logport
Hans-Georg Brinkmann and Erich Staake broke the ground
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 18.09.2007

 
logport Train Handling Capacity Increased
Second logport marshalling yard extension phase completed / Ten tracks in operation now / Some 100,000 trucks off the road each year
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 22.08.2007

 
Railway Pushes Turnover Forward in duisport
To the half-year, traffic grows to over 26 m tonnes / rail transport carriers increase by 27 percent / containers: up 19 by percent
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 01.08.2007

 
“Ost-Westfalen-Xpress” Started
Complete train container shuttle service between Duisburg and Unna five times a week / Up to 18,000 trucks off the road each year
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 05.07.2007

 
Duisburg to Become Combined Transportation Hub for Western Seaboard
Double-digit growth of container throughput at ports / DB terminal to be extended / Common objective: Increase of rail share in modal split
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 28.06.2007

 
Duisburg Trimodal Terminal (D3T): Europe’s first shipping line container terminal in the hinterland
CMA CGM and NYK have decided on Duisburg / Lines consolidate volumes at location / Total investment of around 20 million Euros
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 03.05.2007

 
Visit us at the transport logistic Fair in Munich!
From 12 to 15 June in Hall B4 at our stand # 103/204
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 28.03.2007

 
Schenker Started logport Construction Work
Logistic terminal groundbreaking ceremony in the world’s largest inland port / Investment of 10.5 million Euros / Network extension
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 26.03.2007

 
logport Recognized
logport logistic park one of „365 landmarks in the Land of Ideas” / Federal Government and German Industry Association initiated Germany’s largest series of events / German President Horst Köhler Patron
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 23.03.2007

 
More Space for Rhein-Ruhr Collin
146,000 sq.m. tract in the Kaßlerfeld Logistic Park purchased by HVAC wholesaler / Intra-city relocation because of limited space / 350 employees
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 14.03.2007

 
Investments Drive Growth
duisport Group increased sales to over 64 million Euros / Acquisition of the VTS Group / Extension of all terminals
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 21.02.2007

 
Double-Digit Cargo Growth in Duisburg
Total duisport cargo throughput up to 50 million tons / Records for containers and steel
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 15.02.2007

 
Chinese Company Moved into the Port of Duisburg
European subsidiary of Bosai Group established in duisport / Industrial raw material processing and distribution
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 28.11.2006

 
duisport to Take over VTS Group
Essen company market leader in the machinery packing market / Duisburg to strengthen position in the general cargo sector
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 24.10.2006

 
Hegele Building Wins New Customer
Karlsruhe logistic service provider Simon Hegele to manage Océ’s German distribution operations as of 1 November / 5,600-m² building in the Port of Duisburg opened / Completion within no more than 100 working days
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 11.10.2006

 
Containerized Cargo Dry and Safe
Packing-Center-Duisburg opts for new desiccant rod / Global marketing rights
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 26.09.2006

 
More Employment and more Value Added Through the Port of Duisburg
Over 36,000 jobs connected with the port / More than 2 billion Euros of value added in 2005 / duisport one of the world’s top 100 container ports
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 12.09.2006

 
Innovative Steel Competence in Duisburg
duisport welcomes new tenant / Knauf Interfer Group acquired Ruukki Deutschland GmbH’s steel service center in Duisburg
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 04.09.2006

 
Frequency of trains to Antwerp and Zeebrugge increased
Eight weekly runs take as much as 30,000 TEU off the road each year / Links across the Scheldt and to the combined transportation network in the Port of Duisburg
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 01.09.2006

 
New Freight Train from Duisburg to Copenhagen and Malmö
First Kombiverkehr train to the DIT terminal on the west bank of the Rhine / Shift of approx. 13,000 annual truck trips
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 22.08.2006

 
Schenker to Build New Logistics Terminal in Duisburg
European Land Transportation Market Leader Continues to Invest in Efficient Networks
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 21.08.2006

 
Duisburg – Vienna – Budapest
Vienna Train Extended to Budapest / Whole Train Service Four Times a Week / Attractive Connections
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 21.06.2006

 
German Federal President Visited the logport Logistics Engine
Site marketing to be completed by 2008 / 4,000 Jobs as a target / 35 international groups of companies with operations in logport
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 24.05.2006

 
First Regular Container Train Service Between Zeebrugge and Duisburg
Six weekly trips take each year as many as 15,000 trucks off the road / Link to the United Kingdom
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 19.05.2006

 
E.H. Harms gets major order from Renault
First expansion of Duisburg Terminal
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 17.05.2006

 
New Regular Container Train Service Between Antwerp and Duisburg
Four weekly trips take each year as many as 8,000 trucks off the road.
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 11.05.2006

 
Move to duisport Completed
Stahlrohr GmbH opted for Duisburg / 7 million Euros invested / Staake: Duisburg steel competence underscored
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 04.05.2006

 
IVG invests for the first time in duisburg logport
Industriereifenkontor bundles its previous five locations at Duisburg logport
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 06.04.2006

 
Investment schedule for the railways on track / All carrier traffic is increasing / Containers are Number one in terms of trans-shipped goods
duisport group presents record results in its financial statistics
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 08.03.2006

 
duisport Consolidates and Sorts Containers for the Sea Ports
duisport Consolidates and Sorts Containers for the Sea Ports
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 07.03.2006

 
Traveling Fitters with Logistic Expertise
Logistic Service Provider Simon Hegele Moves into the Port of Duisburg / 5,600 sq.m. Warehouse to be Completed in logport by August / Cost of 3.6 Million Euros
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 01.03.2006

 
The logport Family
MHD site ready for investments by late 2008 / Cost: 51.1 million Euros
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 14.02.2006

 
Industry Urges Progress of the Iron Rhine Railroad Project
Flemish Prime Minister Addressed by Determined Industry Demands
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 31.01.2006

 
Ongoing Container Boom in Duisburg
712,000 TEU in 2005 / Total Cargo Transfers up to 45 Million Tons / Expansion Projects at all Container Terminals
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 16.11.2005

 
Dade Behring Opens New European Distribution Center in Duisburg, Germany
New technology at facility enables faster, more efficient fulfillment of customer orders
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 11.11.2005

 
E.H. Harms Automobile Terminal in Duisburg Inaugurated
Intermodal transshipment and technical center
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 11.10.2005

 
Tower Automotive Opens New Plant in Duisburg, Germany
Door assembly for new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter / More than 100 jobs until end of 2006 / Investment Euro 15 Million
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 30.08.2005

 
Gökbora International Transport Investment in logport
New European Hub / More Cargo by Rail and Ship
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 06.07.2005

 
Adolf Sauerland new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Duisburger Hafen AG
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 05.07.2005

 
P&O Welcomes CMA CGM as New Shareholder of Antwerp Gateway Terminal
duisport holds 7.5% of the shares
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 18.05.2005

 
duisport Group new World Games sponsor
Port provides warehouse
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 22.04.2005

 
Zeebrugge – Duisburg: Strengthening Ship and Rail Links
Port of Zeebrugge visits duisport
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 21.04.2005

 
A Prominent logport Guest
Chancellor Schröder recognizes progress made by the logistic center
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 21.04.2005

 
New Major Investor Won for logport
Contract signed by leading Dutch logistics service provider Vos Logistics / Over 100 new jobs during the next few years
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 16.03.2005

 
duisport Revenues hit 50 Million Euro Mark / 20% Growth / Container Boom in the Port of Duisburg
Port Becomes Established Automobile Logistics Location
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 01.03.2005

 
Reduced Port Dues in Duisburg During Easter and Whitsuntide
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 23.02.2005

 
Minister of Economics Harald Schartau at logport
Greiwing Groundbreaking Ceremony
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 21.01.2005

 
Harms Group launches activities in port of Duisburg
New Auto Terminal with PDI Center
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 05.11.2004

 
Colorants and More
New Greiwing Intermodal Intercontinental Bulk Cargo Terminal / 6 million Euro logport Project / 30 new Jobs
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 10.09.2004

 
First General Cargo Shipment / One Year Old Chemicals Shuttle Train Great Success
Vestolit Switched PVC Transportation to the Railroads at the Terminal Marl GmbH & Co KG Station
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 27.08.2004

 
Networking the Western and the Eastern Parts of the Ruhr Region
Cooperation Between the Ports of Duisburg and Dortmund
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 06.08.2004

 
First Arrival of new Roll-on/Roll-off Freighter in logport
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 27.07.2004

 
One Hundredth Departure of the South Eastern Europe Shuttle Train
10,000 Truck Loads off the Road each Year
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 20.07.2004

 
Mates Spedition to establish company headquarters in logport
Imported goods from Turkey, China and Russia / Approx. 20 jobs
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 09.07.2004

 
Tower Automotive to Build New Automobile Body Component Factory in the Port of Duisburg
15 Million Euro Investment and Over 50 Jobs in First Phase/ Innovative Body Part Manufacturing Technology/Start of Production in Late 2005
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 24.05.2004

 
logport Site Strengthened
Kühne + Nagel Expansion in Duisburg Rheinhausen
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 21.04.2004

 
Container Terminal License to Antwerp Gateway Joint Venture
Investment of Duisburger Hafen AG in Antwerp
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 06.04.2004

 
Sales, Earnings and Cargo Throughput Again Improved by Duisburger Hafen
Containers up by 37 Percent / Numerous new Transportation Links
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 17.02.2004

 
logport Roll-on/Roll-off Facility Opened by Minister Schartau
Port of Duisburg now Moving into Automobile Logistics
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 04.02.2004

 
New rail4chem Train Line from Graz to Duisburg
Direct service between Cargo Center Graz and DIT Duisburg Intermodal Terminal
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 03.02.2004

 
Breaking the logport Ground
5.5 Million € Project of Buhlmann Rohr-Fittings-Stahlhandel
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 06.01.2004

 
Port of Duisburg and Transpetrol to Promote Joint Railroad Transportation Projects
Railroad Services Provided by duisport rail
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 25.11.2003

 
New logport Tenant
GUD, Gesellschaft für Umweltdienste mbH to Build Terminaling Facility
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 29.10.2003

 
Railroad Shuttle Service Between Duisburg and Marl Initiated by the Port of Duisburg
10,000 Dangerous Goods Containers to be Moved each Year by Rail Rather than by Road
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 24.10.2003

 
Automobiles Start Rolling at logport
First Passenger Vehicles Loaded over the Roll-on Roll-off Facility at the Cobelfret Terminal
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 10.10.2003

 
Duisburg – Vienna and Beyond
duisburg agency and its partners started South East Europe Railroad Shuttle Service
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 16.09.2003

 
New Supervisory Board of Duisburger Hafen AG
Kurt Bodewig elected Chairman
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 03.09.2003

 
New Bank Charges for Transfers Abroad
Use of IBAN and BIC numbers reduces costs
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 23.07.2003

 
German Federal Minister of Transportation Stolpe Breaks Ground on logport Railroad Station
Stolpe: “Model Application of German Government’s Integrated Transportation Strategy”
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 22.07.2003

 
Duisburger Hafen Group Moves into New Building
duisport agency with a new address
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 17.04.2003

 
Agreement on Cooperation between duisport and the Port of Bilbao
Over 200,000 Tonnes of Cargo Moved between the two Ports in 2002
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 09.04.2003

 
An Encouraging Balance for the Duisburg Port and Logistics Site
New Services Well Received
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 10.03.2003

 
Reduced Port Dues in Duisburg During Easter and Whitsuntide
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 10.03.2003

 
transport logistic 2003 – The European Logistics Highlight
Port of Duisburg will have its own booth in Hall B5
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 13.02.2003

 
Belgian Automobile Logistics Operator Cobelfret to Set up at the logport Site in Autumn
New Activity in the Port of Duisburg
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 28.01.2003

 
Cooperation Between Duisburger Hafen AG and TX Logistik and rail4chem
New Services to Shift Goods to Rail and Waterway Systems
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 14.01.2003

 
REPACK new Shareholder of PCD Packing-Center-Duisburg
30% interest sold by Duisburger Hafen AG / Substantial synergies between the two packaging specialists
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 27.11.2002

 
New DIT Shareholder
Dutch Heuvelmann Group acquired interest in Duisburg Intermodal Terminal GmbH
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 10.10.2002

 
Electronics on Board
New e-business web site for inland shipping
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 04.10.2002

 
duisport rail Moves Bayer Products
From the Road to the Rail
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 11.09.2002

 
Duisburg’s Logistics Competence Strengthened by New DIT Terminal
Trimodal services for an integrated logport strategy / DIT key element of the Duisburg logistics hub / Environmentally friendly transportation promoted by Port
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 28.05.2002

 
New Duisburg Container Terminal Operating Company Established
P & O Ports, Rhenus and duisport joint venture to manage logport container terminal
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 24.04.2002

 
Duisburger Hafen Reports Sales and Earnings Growth in the 2001 Financial Year
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 24.04.2002

 
Steel Tube and Plate Trading
logport continues the steel traditions at the site / Buhlmann Rohr-Fittings-Stahlhandel and UnionStahl acquired properties.
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 24.04.2002

 
Waste Management Expertise for a Safer Environment
Workshop for EU membership candidates organized by European Commission and Port of Duisburg
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 15.04.2002

 
Circular
Ship Arrival and Departure Registration
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 10.12.2001

 
New Terminal for the Importation of Coal in Duisburg
Strategic alliance between Harpen Transport AG and the Duisburg and Amsterdam port operators responds to energy market deregulation
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 19.10.2001

 
The Port of Duisburg on the Road Towards a Major Inland Hub and a Logistics Center of International Standing
A Review on the Occasion of the 75th Anniversary of Duisburger Hafen AG in 2001
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 19.10.2001

 
New Operator in the Port of Duisburg
Seacon Logistics to start up in Ruhrort / Up to 200 new jobs
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 19.10.2001

 
It all began 75 years ago
Duisburger Hafen Aktiengesellschaft Established in 1926
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 18.06.2001

 
New Rail Logistics Center
Terminal operator P&O positive about Duisburg’s key market position/Railroad shipments to reduce road traffic loads
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 30.04.2001

 
Rhenus, the Logistics Company, new Investor at the logport Site of the Duisburger Hafen Group
Investment welcomed by North-Rhine Westphalia’s Minister of Economics
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 01.03.2001

 
The Port of Duisburg on a Course of Growth
Quantity of cargo handled up for important cargo groups / Capital spending substantially increased / Development of strategic growth markets by container and imported coal projects / Logport: Objectives exceeded /A new service: duisport rail /Sustain
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