Category: hamburg

Germany: Hamburg Fire Smoke Halts Trains, Generates Warning

FRANKFURT, Germany—Police warned people in Hamburg, Germany, to close their windows early Sunday after a large fire that engulfed several warehouses sent black, chemical-laden smoke drifting over the city. German news agency dpa said the fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. in the Rothenburgsort district, located in the eastern part of Germany’s second-largest city. The…


Two People Dead in Murder-Suicide in Hamburg: Police

BERLIN—A man and a woman were found dead in Hamburg on Tuesday in an apparent murder-suicide, a police spokesperson in the northern German city said. “We have no indication whatsoever that this it was in anyway linked to political violence,” the spokesperson said. “We are treating it as a murder-suicide based on what we know….


Germany’s Largest Port Sees Volatile Transport Chains for Rest of Year

BERLIN—Europe’s third largest harbour, the German Port of Hamburg, reported a 2.9 percent hike in sea cargo in the first nine months of 2021 on Tuesday but warned that global transport chains would remain volatile for the rest of the year. Global trade has been marred by logjams in container ports caused by disruptions from…