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 Mission and Vision
 
  Container Specification
 
Port of Hamburg, Germany
 
Longitude 9° 57' 48" E
Latitude 53° 31' 29" N
UN/LOCODE DEHAM
Web www.hafen-hamburg.de
Address Mattentwiete 2, Hamburg D - 20457, Germany.
Tel. +49 40 377 09 0
E-mail info@hafen-hamburg.de
   

The Port of Hamburg is conveniently located between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. It is easy to access from the North Sea via the Elbe River. Only about 115 km or 70 sea miles separate the city from the river mouth.

The port is located for the most part in the southern part of the city and covers an area of about 7,250 hectares, making up about a tenth of the city. Of that, 4,331 hectares are land area and another 919 hectares are planned for port extension.

The Port of Hamburg is an all-round port. It can handle every kind of goods. Along with its container terminals, the port has multi-purpose terminals that can also handle heavy lifts, conventional cargo, and so-called project cargo. In addition to general cargo, bulk cargo makes up an important part of the port’s business. Dry and liquid cargo is handled at bulk cargo terminals using grabs, suction equipment, conveyors, or facilities for liquids.


The Port of Hamburg is :-

  • the largest German seaportand and it has 320 number of berths
  • the third largest European port for container traffic and in terms of total tonnage
  • the fifteenth largest container port in the world
  • the biggest port for coffee imports
  • the city with the most shipping lines
  • the highest number of ships registered in a single port
 

Port of Hamburg provides the following maritime services :-

  • Pilots
  • Shipyards and Repair
  • Port Shipping
  • Medical Care
  • Classification Services
  • Ships Reporting Service
  • Bunker and Waste Disposal Services
  • Tugs
  • Boatmen
  • Hydraulic Engineering and Commercial Diving
  • Harbour Cruises
  • Ship Chandlers and Suppliers


Terminals in Port of Hamburg :-

  • Container
  • Multipurpose
  • Dry Bulk

Container Terminals

Cargo

Berths

Port facility

Length of
quay

Max. depth

Terminal
area
(sqm)

HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA)
Container
4
15 Gantry Cranes

84 AGVs (automatic
     guided vehicles)
1000m
16.7m
1.000.000
HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai
Container
8
26 Container bridges

120 Van Carrier
2850m
15.3m
1.400.000
HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT)
Container
4
8 container cranes

51 van carrier
1000m
15.2m
400.000
Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg
Container
6
21 Container bridge

149 VC

1 Reach Stacker

900 Reefer Points
2000m
16.7m
1.400.000

Multipurpose Terminals

Cargo

Berths

Port facility

Length of
quay

Max. depth

Terminal
area
(sqm)

Wallmann Terminal
Container

project cargo

heavy lift
3
Quay cranes (up tons 45 tons)

2 mobil cranes (up tons 140 tons)
640m
13.0m
130,000
(incl. 55,200 of storage space)
BUSS Ports – Multipurpose Experts
Containers

project cargo

heavy cargo

bulk mixed lot,

metals

iron
Roro

grabbable
5
1 container gantrie

4 mobile cranes with a capacity of 104 tons each

9 reach-stackers

10 tug-masters

Numerous terminaltrailers up to 110 tons

1 forklift up to 32 tons capacity (suitable for ro/ro)

18 forklifts up to 25 tons

1 ro/ro ramp for vessels with stern ramps

1 ro/ro ramp for vessels quarter ramps
840m
12.5m
245.000
C. Steinweg South-West Terminal
Project cargo

heavy cargo

bulk mixed lot,

metals

iron

aluminum

steel

Roro

motor


vehicles
6
10 multi-purpose cranes (up to 150 t)
1000m
13.1m
Covered storage area: 70,000

floor space: 145,000

total of: 215,000
Rhenus Midgard – Dradenauhafen
Project cargo

heavy cargo

bulk mixed lot

metals

iron


Roro

motor
vehicles
3
1 mobile crane (104 tons)
350m
11.5m
155 000
(including 50,000 square meters of covered storage areas)
UNIKAI
Project cargo

heavy

metals


Roro

motor vehicles

other
conventional general cargo
2
1 container gantry

1 harbour mobile crane (up to 104 tons)

800m
11.5m
1.000.000

Dry Bulk Cargo Terminals

Cargo

Berths

Port facility

Length of
quay

Max. depth

Terminal
area
(sqm)

Vopak Dupeg Terminals
Petroleum products

latex

biofuels

chemicals


carbon dioxide

vegetable oils
4
12.6m
275 tanks (capacity
715 000 )
Hansaport Hafen
Coal

ore

grabbable
4
4 grab cranes (each with 38 t lifting capacity)
760m
15.1m
350,000 sqm open storage areas
Kalikai
Fertilizers
1
2 grab cranes (12/20 m)

3 ship loaders
500m
11.3m
95,000
G.T.H. Getreide Terminal Hamburg
Cereals, oilseeds, coffee
1
2 loading systems with a capacity of up to 22.000 tons per day

Several discharge systems for sea-going ships

Coasters

Inland waterway vessels and lighters

270m
12.4m
Rhenus Midgard
Containers

G
eneral cargo Conv

pet food

scrap metal
3
2 gantry cranes (lifting capacity up to 16 tons)

2 slewing cranes (45 / 60 tons)

Mobile excavator
500m
10.8m
155 000
(incl. 12,000 sqm of covered storage areas)
ADM Hamburg Aktiengesellschaft - Silo Hamburg
Cereals

oil seeds

animal food

sweet oils

suction material
4

3 elevator systems, of which:

1 mechanical discharge tower "Porta Link" 1.000 tons/h
2 pneumatic elevators, 350 tons/h each

1 loader 1.200 tons/h

175m
12.3m
Silo P.Kruse
Cereals

oilseeds

animal feeds
2
2 pneumatic systems

1 grab crane
12.5m
2,000
 


With courtesy of www.hafen-hamburg.de