How Germany’s Busiest Port Views Trade War Threats: Supply Lines

No one in Hamburg is sure just what the impact of President Donald Trump’s US tariffs will be on Germany’s largest seaport.

But they all agree that the outlook isn’t great, as we report here this week.

“For us, tariffs and anything that prevents global trade from flowing is of course not a good thing,” said Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hamburg-based container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd, whose company headquarters offer a view of the port’s gantry cranes.

The city-state of Hamburg grew up around its port from the 12th century, and the bustle of ships and container vessels on the ...