Holland goes Germany

摘要

Technologically advanced, robust and backed by solid supply chains: the German maritime industry is like the whole 'Wirtschaft'. Dutch suppliers can find partners there, if they deliver highly specialised and innovative equipment. Well prepared, detailed and technical presentations with a formal approach will please German businessmen. Central in the European continent with only short coastlines at the North Sea and Baltic Sea, Germany's ports and shipbuilding industry are located in the northern part of the country. Kiel, Hamburg, Bremen and other ports have been trading posts since the early medieval times, when trade between the Baltic and northwest European countries manifested with the 'Hansesteden' culture. Today, German ship owners operate a fleet of over 3,500 seagoing vessels and are the second largest ship owning country in the world. They are 'Weltmeister' in operating large container vessels - over 2,000 of the largest ships carrying containers over the oceans are owned by German companies. A lot of the cars produced in Germany are distributed around the world from the northern ports.