# Somaliland Ministry of Investment Met Hamburg Port Co, Report Says

> Somaliland Standard reported on 2023-01-21 that the Ministry of Investment received a Hamburg Port Co delegation, but no purpose…

- By: Editorial Team, Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com/about)
- Published: 30 September 2026
- Format: News story (reported from one named public source)
- Publication: Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com)
- Subject: Business and Costs
- Tags: procurement, contractor-selection, construction-risk
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/somaliland-ministry-investment-hamburg-port-company-meeting

## Key points

- Somaliland Standard reported on 2023-01-21 that the Ministry of Investment received a delegation from the German company Hamburg Port Co.
- The report names the delegation as Lars Greiner, Head of Africa, and Christine Prieser, Head of Sales.
- The report does not state the meeting's purpose, agenda or outcome, nor any financing, contract value, timeline or follow-up.

On 21 January 2023, Somaliland Standard reported that the Ministry of Investment of Somaliland had received a delegation from Hamburg Port Co, a German company. The meeting, as reported by Somaliland Standard, took place in the office of Director General Mohamed Osman Said of the Ministry of Investment Development and Industry.

The delegation was led, according to the Somaliland Standard report, by Mustafa Yusuf Ismail. The paper's wording is garbled: it describes him as "the Ambassador of in Germany" and does not explicitly state which country he represents. Also named in the report are Mr. Lars Greiner, Head of Africa at Hamburg Port Co, and Christine Prieser, Head of Sales.

That is the extent of what the report establishes. According to the Somaliland Standard report, no purpose, agenda or outcome is attached to the visit. The report does not state that any proposal, memorandum of understanding, agreement or contract was discussed or signed. It gives no financing, no contract value, no total project cost, no quantities or specifications, no timeline and no completion date. Nothing in the report says Hamburg Port Co will build, operate or invest in any project in Somaliland, and nothing indicates that talks advanced to negotiations.

The only attribution for the delegation is to the German company Hamburg Port Co. The report does not state that Germany's government, or the Hamburg port authority, was represented. No official on the Somaliland government side is named beyond Director General Mohamed Osman Said.

The report also does not give the date of the meeting itself, only the date on which Somaliland Standard published it.

> **Note:** Somaliland Standard's report of 2023-01-21 leaves open the questions a port or infrastructure reader would ask first: what Hamburg Port Co sought, what the ministry offered, and whether any follow-up was scheduled. The report does not answer them.

What has happened since is not established. Somaliland Standard's report does not record any subsequent step, and this account rests on that single report alone. The documented event is a reported courtesy meeting between a ministry director general and a German port company delegation, with no stated commercial content.

## Questions

### What was the purpose of the meeting?

The Somaliland Standard report does not state a purpose, agenda or outcome for the visit.

### Did Hamburg Port Company express interest in specific projects?

No specific project, proposal or area of interest is reported by Somaliland Standard.

### Were any agreements or MOUs signed?

The report does not state that any agreement, memorandum of understanding or contract was discussed or signed.

## Sources

- [The Ministry of Investment received the Hamburg Port Company of Germany](https://somalilandstandard.com/the-ministry-of-investment-received-the-hamburg-port-company-of-germany/) — Somaliland Standard, 2023-01-21