Hamburg CDU is calling for an EU investigation into the Hamburg port deal. She sees possible illegal aid from the Senate.
The Commission has confirmed receipt of the complaints. The parties agreed on a unit price of 16.75 euros, making the deal worth a total of 1.2 billion euros. The deal stipulates that the shipping company will receive 19 percent of the city's previous 70 percent share, and the rest will be purchased from private and institutional investors on the open market. In return, MSC is to build its German headquarters in Hamburg, increase the cargo volume in the port from 2025 and increase it to one million standard containers per year by 2031, according to the deal with the city of Hamburg.. The Hamburg CDU's Götz Wiese criticizes the deal between the red-green Senate and MSC. The process is so unusual that it needs to be checked, he says. According to criticism, no public market exploration or assessment was carried out in the deal.