(28.6.2021) Free vaccinations in Germany is possible for foreign seafarer. As long as Public Health Germany is allowed to share vaccines (at least until September) these schemes are valid. Hamburg, Kiel and Bremen and Bremerhaven all use Johnson and Johnson.

In Hamburg, please contact info[at]schiffsmakler.de for vaccination of merchant mariners, the association of ship brokers are coordinating this. Port Health have direct contact with cruise liners.

In Kiel: Every person (nationality, flag etc.) from the merchant marine can visit the Kiel port Vaccination Center, Schwedenkai 1. The center is situated in the harbour. It is open to the public from Monday -Friday ,9 to 6, every day.

Cruise Lines companies are contacted by the port authority for special arrangements (local government provides vaccines). Bremen: Contact port-health-doc[at]lmtvet.bremen.de

(9. Juni 2021) „Was macht eigentlich eine Schiffsmaklerin?“ Diese insbesondere für junge Leute auf der Suche nach einer Ausbildung interessante Frage beantwortet Martina Finnberg (UNIATLANTICO) eloquent und gespickt mit humorvollen Erlebnissen in Brittas Hafen Podcast. Einen Link zum Podcast finden Sie hier oder unter folgendem Link:

https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/07-befrachtung-trampfahrt-afrika-internationalit%C3%A4t/id1555333055?i=1000524301694

Wir wünschen viel Spaß beim Reinhören. Der Link darf auch gern fleißig geteilt werden.

(27.11.2020) We are pleased and delighted  to inform you that the Kiel Canal dues will remain suspended beyond 2020 until 31.12.2021.

This further suspension has been mainly achieved by the relentless work and support of the Initiative Kiel-Canal e.V. and the German Shipbrokers’ Association. The suspension of traffic dues is a very important step in restoring the competitiveness of the Kiel Canal.

The Kiel Canal is Corona free!  Hygiene and distance rules are taken very seriously at the Kiel Canal. The result is convincing: Without a single COVID-19 case within the pilots, helmsmen and agents at the Kiel Canal, the Kiel Canal is the safest and most cost efficient shortcut into the Baltic Sea and vice versa.