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Bremen (dpa) - The expected rush of container ships after the blockade in the Suez Canal has been resolved can only be resolved by redistributing to different ports, according to the terminal operator Eurogate.
If all ships wanted to go to their original port of destination, “it won't work,” said a spokesman in Bremen on Tuesday.
The decision as to where their ships should go lies with the shipping companies.
Like other terminal operators, Eurogate is ready to help with handling with its capacities.
The shipping traffic in the German container ports in the coming days and weeks is difficult to forecast in this situation, said the spokesman.
First of all, the question arises in the Mediterranean.
The ports there are usually the first port of call in Europe for container ships from Asia.
Then it is about the distribution of the ships in Northern Europe.
In Germany, Eurogate operates three container terminals in Bremerhaven and one terminal each in Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg.
The wrecked container ship "Ever Given" had blocked the Suez Canal in Egypt as a main artery of world goods traffic for days.
It was towed free on Monday.
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