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Sassnitz-Mukran, November 19, 2019 - The first direct freight train connection between China and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania arrived at Mukran Port on Tuesday 12th November. The train going east started its journey with 48 Containers. The 640m long freight train going west started its 10.000 km long trip from Xi´an in China via Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus to Baltijsk in Kaliningrad loaded with 41 Containers, where they were loaded onto a short sea carrier. Arriving at Mukran Port the team of Mukran Port Terminals GmbH & Co. KG handled the cargo and lifted the containers back onto a train.This new route of the “Silk Road Initiative” was ceremonially inaugurated by all parties and persons involved. 
“With this first train from Xi´an, Mukran Port will be perceived more strongly as an ideal European logistics location/base. I am firmly convinced that many more trains from the Middle Kingdom will follow – thanks, too, to our business partners in Kaliningrad.”, said Harm Sievers, managing director of Mukran Port, about the arrival of the pilot train.

Sassnitz-Mukran, September 20t, 2019 – since more than two decades the Mukran Port has been preparing young people for their professional lives and this year four trainees started their apprenticeship on 01.08.2019. Wiebke Schlieker, Anne Mahlke and Tim Buckert learn the profession of office management assistant in the administration. The port service are now supported by Florian Falk, who is learning the profession of port logistician. Currently, twelve apprentices are being trained in the company. We wish everyone a succesfull start at the Mukran Port!

Sassnitz-Mukran, August 14, 2019 - On the 5-day island hopping tour at the Baltic Sea, Birka Stockholm called the Mukran Port yesterday for the second time in the season. The 1,400 passengers discovered the highlights of Rügen and Stralsund and tasted regional products. The ship will also be a guest on Germany's largest island next year.

Sassnitz-Mukran, August 5, 2019 - As part of his annual summer tour, Christian Pegel, Minister of Energy, Transport and Digitisation, made a stop at Mukran Port.
Mr. Pegel was accompanied by Prof. Kurt Bodewig, the European coordinator for motorways of the sea.
Besides a harbour tour with representatives of the harbour, all participants visited the operation and maintenance building of the offshore wind farm "Wikinger" of the Spanish energy group Iberdrola as well as the grain terminal of VIELA Export GmbH.

Sassnitz-Mukran, July 23, 2019 - Cruise & Maritime Voyages / TransOcean Cruises' newest fleet member, the Vasco da Gama, arrived at Mukran Port in the early morning hours. As part of an on-board reception, the mayor of the city of Sassnitz Frank Kracht welcomed the captain of the ship. The 219 m long and 30.8 m wide cruise ship offers space for 1,220 passengers and will be operating in the Baltic Sea in July and August.

Sassnitz-Mukran, July 03, 2019 - With almost 1,400 passengers, the Birka Stockholm called the Mukran Port yesterday. By sunny weather, the predominantly Swedish guests visited the most popular destinations on the island such as the Jasmund National Park, Cape Arkona, treetop path, rail journey with "Racing Roland" to the seaside resorts and the Hanseatic city of Stralsund.

Sassnitz-Mukran, 27 March 2019 - Within the framework of the EU project "South Baltic Transport Loops" another Partnership Meeting took place last week.
This time the project partners gave a guest performance in the Partner Port Elblag, Poland. Together with all partners and the mayor of the city of Elblag, further procedures for the development of new ship connections, the optimisation of existing ship lines as well as the improvement of the hinterland connection were discussed.

Sassnitz-Mukran, February 13, 2019 - The association "Destination Rügen - Cruise & Ferry Network" was officially founded on Monday (11 February 2019). This is the next step to strengthen the tourism region Rügen. The association wants to contribute to raising the profile of Germany's largest island, the neighbouring region and the Hanseatic city of Stralsund, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and to sharpen the tourist profile vis-à-vis the ferry and cruise shipping companies. To this end, all local actors are to be involved.

In order to offer cruise passengers an attractive shore leave, the bundling of the tourist offers of Rügen and its surroundings is becoming increasingly important. In the search for new destinations, the smaller Baltic Sea ports are increasingly moving into the focus of the individual market shipping companies, which account for 25 percent of calls in the Baltic Sea region. Through "Destination Rügen - Cruise & Ferry Network", the local economy, the tourism industry and local shipping companies are now more closely networked.

The transfer of knowledge and exchange of experience among the association members integrates the regional tourism destinations into the marketing and should lead to a supplement as well as a further development of the tourist offer structures. The island of Rügen and the Hanseatic city of Stralsund would like to present themselves to international tourists in a more attractive way, and transit tourists should also be attracted for stays of several days on the Baltic Sea island.

As a maritime service provider, Mukran Port has been involved in tourism development on Rügen and the surrounding area for some time. With the election of Thomas Langlotz, Commercial Director of Mukran Port, as the first chairman of the association, the previous commitment of the port is honoured and further consolidated.

"The association offers us all the opportunity to combine the interests of the ferry companies established in Mukran and the booming cruise industry with those of the regional economy," says Thomas Langlotz. "Together we can both create a welcome culture for day guests and increase the attractiveness of the island and the region for longer stays. Important are offers that attract passengers and tourists to Rügen even outside the season", the new chairman sums up the goals of the association.

Sassnitz-Mukran, January 15, 2019 - Sassnitz-Mukran, January 15, 2019 - At the beginning of the year, Mukran Port started an important project. In early January, the Subsidy Contract was signed between the responsible Ministry in Poland and the Lead Partner Mukran Port for the Interreg project "SOUTH BALTIC TRANSPORT LOOPS". The project will accompany Mukran Port over the next three years.
Small and medium-sized ports in the southern Baltic Sea cooperate in the project "SOUTH BALTIC TRANSPORT LOOPS".
The main focus is on the development and expansion of the sea-side development in the partner ports, with a special consideration and optimization of the respective hinterland connections.
"With this step and the experience already gained as a partner in two previous EU projects, we would like to advance the current development of the Mukran Port towards a modern universal port," says Harm Sievers, Managing Director of Mukran Port, at the conclusion of the contract.
The Interreg project is largely funded by the European Regional Development Fund. In addition to lead partner Mukran Port, ports from Denmark, Poland and Sweden are involved in the project.
Last week, a partnership meeting of the project participants took place in Karlshamn, Sweden. These meetings are to be held regularly between the project partners and serve, among other things, the exchange of objectives, studies and results achieved as well as the intensification of relations among each other.