据卡米尔·科瓦尔奇克报道，出于安全考量，德国正考虑阻止中国集装箱巨头中远海运控股股份有限公司收购一家总部位于汉堡的小型货运公司多数股权。
By Kamil Kowalcze Germany is considering blocking a bid by Chinese container giant Cosco Shipping Holdings Co. from buying a majority stake in a small Hamburg-based freight company over security concerns.
据知情人士透露，经济部计划很快向内阁提交一份提案，以应对国有控股的中远海运收购货运代理公司齐佩尔（Zippel）80%股权的计划。由于相关磋商在闭门进行，这些知情人士要求匿名。根据德国外国投资审查规则，任何禁令均需内阁批准。
The Economy Ministry plans to submit a proposal addressing state-controlled Cosco’s plan to purchase an 80% holding in freight forwarder Zippel to cabinet soon, according to people familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity as deliberations take place behind closed doors. Any prohibition under Germany’s foreign-investment screening rules requires cabinet approval.
在准备一套针对世界第二大经济体的更广泛安全措施之际，弗里德里希·默茨总理领导的政府正在对与中国的竞争采取更强硬的立场。该联合政府计划于10月14日批准相关框架，正在考虑的选项包括更严格的入境和出境投资审查、更强大的出口管制以及贸易防御措施。
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government is taking a harder line on competition with China as it prepares a broader package of security measures focused on the world’s second-largest economy. The coalition is planning to approve the framework on Oct. 14, with tighter screening of inbound and outbound investment, stronger export controls and trade-defense measures among the options under consideration.
《商报》（Handelsblatt）周二报道了相关磋商情况，称多个部委支持阻止该交易，理由是战略依赖可能在冲突或危机中被利用。
Handelsblatt reported the deliberations on Tuesday, saying that several ministries support blocking the transaction, citing concerns that strategic dependencies could be exploited in a conflict or crisis.
该部拒绝就案件细节置评，但确认正在根据德国外国投资审查制度审查中远海运计划收购康拉德·齐佩尔（Konrad Zippel）一事。
The ministry declined to comment on the details of the case but confirmed it is reviewing Cosco’s planned acquisition of Konrad Zippel under Germany’s foreign-investment screening regime.
一名部发言人表示，德国仍致力于与中国进行“开放、建设性和互惠的接触”，并补充称政府将“维护其利益”，并利用欧洲和国内法律下可用的工具。
Germany remains committed to “open, constructive and reciprocal engagement” with China, a ministry spokesperson said, adding that the government would “safeguard its interests” and use the instruments available under European and national law.
德国反垄断机构今年2月批准了中远海运的拟议收购，称两家公司处于运输链的不同层级，不存在竞争问题。该机构强调，外国投资和安全考量由经济部进行单独审查。
Germany’s antitrust authority cleared Cosco’s planned purchase in February, saying the companies operate at different levels of the transport chain, raising no competition concerns. It stressed that foreign-investment and security considerations were subject to a separate review by the Economy Ministry.
全球最大的集装箱航运集团之一中远海运（Cosco）已将其业务从海运扩展至港口和内陆物流领域。在德国，该公司已持有汉堡港HHLA集装箱码头（Tollerort）24.99%的股份。2022年，在前总理奥拉夫·朔尔茨（Olaf Scholz）的领导下，德国政府将该投资比例限制在25%以下，并禁止中远海运获得特殊控制权或否决权，理由是此举存在公共秩序和安全风险。
Cosco, one of the world’s largest container-shipping groups, has expanded beyond ocean freight into ports and inland logistics. In Germany, it already owns 24.99% of HHLA’s Container Terminal Tollerort in Hamburg. The government under ex-Chancellor Olaf Scholz capped that investment below 25% in 2022 and barred Cosco from obtaining special control or veto rights, citing risks to public order and security.
这种审查反映了欧洲对中国国有背景投资交通基础设施及其可能带来的战略依赖性的广泛担忧。中远海运还持有希腊比雷埃夫斯港运营公司的多数股权。
The scrutiny reflects wider European concerns about Chinese state-backed investment in transport infrastructure and the potential for strategic dependencies. Cosco also owns the majority of the company operating Greece’s port of Piraeus.
Zippel公司专门从事海港与内陆目的地之间的集装箱运输，通常采用铁路运输方式，其业务包括经由汉堡港和不来梅哈芬港的货物运输。根据近期的公开报道，该公司拥有约350名员工。
Zippel specializes in transporting containers between seaports and inland destinations, frequently by rail, including cargo moving through Hamburg and Bremerhaven. Recent public reporting puts its workforce at about 350 people.