New management
Since 1 January 2015 Jens A. Scharner as commercial managing director and Dr. Gernot Tesch as managing director operations/ technics are jointly in charge of Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock mbH.
Double-digit growth at Rostock overseas port
All told, Rostock seaport logged 7,940 port calls by ferry and ro-ro vessels, tankers, freighters and cruise liners last year; of these, ferry vessels alone accounted for 5,650 port calls.
At 24.2 million tonnes (gross) of goods handled in 2014, the port companies in Rostock achieved the fourth best handling result in the 55 year history of the overseas port, recording a plus of 13 percent compared to 2013.
There was strong growth in dry and liquid bulk and ferry cargo and a slight decline in general cargo. “The repeated strong increase in the handling of grain, but also the return of the cement handling to Rostock have turned a good year into a very good year for the seaport”, says Dr. Gernot Tesch.
A bulk handling of 7.1 million tonnes in total meant an increase of 18 percent compared to the previous year. Apart from another increase in grain handling to 3.2 million tonnes the 550.000 tonnes of cement pumped over the edge of the quay also made a significant difference, as did the handling of split gravel, which went up by 260,000 tonnes last year to 444,000 tonnes.
At three million tonnes the handling of liquid goods showed an increase by 500,000 tonnes or 18 percent compared to 2013. Last year higher amounts of naphtha, crude oil and gas oil were handled in Rostock.
The handling of general cargo was slightly on the decline by comparison: 453,000 tonnes were loaded and unloaded, 40,000 tonnes less than in 2013. There were lower amounts in the handling of slabs and pipes and increases in the handling of coils and crane facilities. “Heavy-lift general cargo is increasingly replaced by general cargo with a high value added, such as cranes and wind power plants”, says Dr. Gernot Tesch.