THE Port of Hamburg was named the Best Global Seaport by readers of the Asia Cargo News trade magazine, having already received Best Seaport - Europe award in 2015 and 2016, as well as the Best Global Seaport award in 2018.
The presentation was made during a ceremony at the Asia Society Hong Kong Centre attended by more than 200, many from the transport and logistics sector. Anne Thiesen accepted the award as Representative of the Port of Hamburg.
In the final round, the Port of Hamburg prevailed against the ports of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Singapore. Nominations were submitted by readers of the trade journal Asia Cargo News, considering reliability, customer-relationship management, innovations and consistent service quality as of importance. Factors rated included investments in infrastructure having regard to future market requirements, competitive, customer-friendly dues, as well as infrastructure appropriate for handling container traffic.
Additional criteria rated the ports' total package, i.e. port-related promotion of logistics services, and forwarding and transport services.