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In his capacity as Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Labor, Technology, and Tourism of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Claus Ruhe Madsen visited the facilities of the Lübeck Port Authority (LHG) for the first time yesterday. The minister accepted an invitation from the LHG and the shipping company TT-Line. Lübeck’s mayor Jan Lindenau, LHG CEO Sebastian Jürgens, and shipping company managing director Bernhard Termühlen warmly welcomed him at the port house.
(Lübeck Madsen gained a comprehensive insight into the development opportunities of the LHG facilities during his introductory visit. A focus of the discussions was on the prospects for further developing the HUB function of the Lübeck port in the Baltic Sea region, the recent investments by TT-Line in new ship capacities at the Lübeck Scandinavia quay, as well as the opportunities and challenges regarding the Fehmarnbelt fixed link. The head of the Lübeck Port Authority, Guido Kaschel, informed about infrastructural issues, while the honorary consul for Finland in Lübeck, Bernd Jorkisch, highlighted the diverse maritime trade relations with Finland.
Sebastian Jürgens summarizes: “We are pleased that Minister Madsen is showing interest in the Lübeck port so early in his term and is thus providing more than just a business card.” Bernhard Termühlen adds: “TT-Line’s three-digit million investment in ferry traffic via Lübeck is a clear commitment to the ferry port Scandinavia quay.”
Full Support for Development Perspectives
Claus Ruhe Madsen offered the continued full support of the state government regarding the development perspectives of the port: “We are aware that Lübeck, with its LHG, its shipping companies, freight forwarders, and other associated businesses, is the largest freight gateway to the Baltic Sea region for Schleswig-Holstein. It is essential to seize the enormous opportunities presented by the emerging Fehmarnbelt tunnel, but also to capture other growth impulses from the Baltic Sea region and transform them into value creation.”
Photo: © Olaf Malzahn / Caption (l. to r.): Guido Kaschel, Bernd Jorkisch, Jan Lindenau, Claus Ruhe Madsen, Bernhard Termühlen, and Sebastian Jürgens
