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Containers from China in the
port of Hamburg
ness enterprises. “The curriculum is very crowded,
so time management is a challenge,” Tsang says,
Hamburg – Trade and Logistics Hub for China in Europe
looking back. “Often we had classes from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays, and exams at the
Hamburg and its port is the hub of China’s trade with Europe. Twinned
weekend.” On top of that there were excursions, for
with Shanghai, this city of 1.7 million people has a long tradition of
example to industrial and trading companies and the
ties with China. The first Chinese trading vessel arrived in the port
Hamburg container port.
of Hamburg from Canton back in 1731. Now, around 400 Chinese
Tsang especially liked the program’s international
companies have located in Northern Europe’s leading logistics me-
orientation. Her 16 fellow students were from ten
tropolis. Many have their German or European headquarters here.
different Asian, European and American countries.
The city has Europe’s second-largest container port, its largest rail
That entailed intercultural communication and in-
traffic junction, and one of its most modern airports. Hamburg is also
tercultural learning on a daily basis, not only in the
the number one location for ship financing and transport law. It is the
seminar room but also privately. She shared her
seat of the International Maritime Court and the international Logistics
apartment with a Slovenian man, a Korean woman
Court of Arbitration, and has around 100 consulates. The city has
and a Frenchman. Tsang is still benefiting from the
profited especially from growing trade with China since the 1990s.
experience of getting on with people from different
From Hamburg, Chinese companies have good connections with Cen-
countries and cultures. After obtaining her MBA in the
tral and Eastern European countries. The biennial Hamburg summit
late summer of 2008 she found an interesting job
“China meets Europe” is further evidence of the importance of re-
with the American pharmaceutical company Mylan in
lations between Hamburg and China. In 2006 and 2008 it brought
Zurich, Switzerland, where she is now a supply chain
politicians and entrepreneurs such as Wen Jiabao, Zang Dejiang, Xie
analyst. She and her colleagues are involved in im-
Qihua, Wong Wai Shing and Zhu Yanfeng to the city on the Elbe River.
proving the group’s global logistics processes and
Hamburg is also a base for aerospace companies Airbus and Luf-
she is happy to be working on the customer’s side
thansa, each of which employs more than 10,000 people in the city.
now. “The theoretical models I learned at the Kühne
School help me in my everyday work here,” Tsang
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said. “My new employer is very pleased with my in-
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tegrated view of processes. Another reason why he
and
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employed me was my international and intercultural
experience, including my experience in Hamburg.” This logistics managers. Suitably qualified university graduates
ambitious young lady’s future expectations make it clear with more than one year’s work experience who apply for
that her first job after the MBA program is only the start of the full-time MBA program starting in October 2009 can fi-
an international career. “It should be possible to achieve nance up to 100% of their tuition fees of € 19,800 through
a supervisor’s post in two years and in five years a man- a scholarship.
ager’s post,” she said.
The Kühne School of Logistics and Management is of- To find out more, visit
www.kuehneschool.de or e-mail
fering young professionals in China a chance to qualify as
studylogistics@kuehneschool.de.
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