Port of Belledune signs MoU with Port of Hamburg

At the start of December 2022, The Belledune Port Authority (BPA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Germany’s seaport, the Port of Hamburg, to collaborate on the movement of dry and liquid bulk commodities, and manufactured products, between Canada and Germany, with a focus on clean fuels and green products.

The Port of Hamburg, located on the River Elbe, about 100 kilometres from the river’s mouth on the North Sea, is positioned as Germany’s leading foreign trade hub with up to 450 million consumers in Europe. It has modern handling facilities, communications systems, efficient transport infrastructure and highperformance transport and hinterland connections, serving as a central shipment hub for the entire German energy market.

In August, the Belledune Port Authority (BPA) has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Niedersachsen Ports, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

These agreements support the Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of Canada and Germany to establish an energy partnership aimed at achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 through a transition to safe, secure, reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy. They also support the joint declaration of intent between Canada and Germany to establish a Canada-Germany Hydrogen Alliance signed 23 August 2022, in Stephenville, Newfoundland.

The MoU recognizes that cooperation in transitioning to sustainable energy not only delivers mutual benefits but is also required for the prosperity of the international community.

The MoU recognizes the importance of the role that the Port operations will play in the production, storage and shipment of clean fuels and green manufactured goods, for both domestic and intercontinental markets. The MoU will assure safe and secure access for the movement of clean fuels, green energy and other products between Canada and Germany.

The Ports will form a relationship that will foster collaboration to support the emerging needs of Canada and Germany’s energy and manufacturing sectors, with a focus on the production, storage and shipment of cleaner fuels such as green ammonia, hydrogen, biomass and renewable natural gas.

The ports will share information on government policy updates, market dynamics, infrastructure developments, technology advancements in the maritime transport sector as it transitions to cleaner fuels and greener energy, best practices on liquid and dry bulk products storage and shipping particularly in the areas of clean fuel and green energy, and actions to support the development of the businessto-business relationships between importers and exporters in Canada and Germany, within the energy and manufacturing sectors.

About The Port Of Belledune

The Belledune Port Authority (BPA) is a is part of Canada’s Port Authority network. Tasked with managing the infrastructure and assets of the Port of Belledune in

Northern New Brunswick (NB), the BPA’s objectives include not only advancing the growth and prosperity of the economy in both Canada and the province of NB, but also fulfilling public policy objectives. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, the Port offers some of the shortest sea shipping routes to Europe.

About The Port Of Hamburg

The Port of Hamburg, the third largest container port in Europe, offers state-ofthe-art technology in its handling facilities and data communication systems. The port of Hamburg is a central transhipment location for crude oil, petroleum products, coal and chemical products. The port has excellent rail connections and modern train loading facilities, creating a central coal transshipment hub for the German market. The port makes a key contribution towards ensuring a secure energy supply in Germany.

Bulk cargo handling 2021 report for Port of Hamburg

Import, in million tonnes. Export, in million tonnes.

The goods handled as bulk cargo in maritime transport, such as ore, coal, building materials, grain, fertilizers or mineral oil products, reached a total volume of around 40mt (million tonnes) in the Port of Hamburg in 2021. This makes Hamburg by far the largest port in Germany for the handling of seaborne goods in bulk.

Bulk cargo handling can in turn be divided into three sub-sectors: at 21.6mt in 2021, grab cargo is the most handled sector in Hamburg. This includes goods such as ore and coal with the largest individual items in terms of volume.

Liquid cargo such as mineral oil products, biodiesel or chemical products belongs to the second strongest subsegment in bulk cargo handling in the Port of Hamburg with 11.8mt in 2021.

The third sub-segment is the handling of suction cargo or agribulk. In 2021, 6.4mt were registered in Hamburg.