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HPA investing in the long-term competitiveness of the Port of Hamburg: EUROGATE westward expansion creates new prospects for the future

With its planned westward expansion, the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) will be completing the extension of the facilities of Hamburg’s EUROGATE Container Terminal.

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Where can I find information on tariffs for the Port of Hamburg?

Elbe river pilots: www.wsd-nord.de

Schedule of fees for pilots: table of pilot fees for the Elbe pilot district

Port pilots: www.hamburg-pilot.de

Port money/currency: www.hamburg-port-authority.de

Tugboats: www.bugsier.de

Quay tariff: www.uvhh.de

Quay tariff HHLA: www.hhla.de

Quay tariff Eurogate: www.eurogate.de

Clearance – on enquiry: info@schiffsmakler.de

Who invented the container?

In 1956, the American freight forwarder Malcolm McLean first transported goods in steel boxes by lorries and ships.

How many container terminals are there?

There are four large container terminals.

How many terminals are there in addition to the container terminals?

There are 42 terminals that handle project cargo, liquid cargo, suction cargo, bulk cargo, and grab cargo.

New inland water transport route opened between Berlin and Hamburg

On Monday, 03 August 2009, the first containers that were brought from Berlin to the Port of Hamburg via the new Elbe-Spree inland waterway were unloaded.

Hamburg involved in new joint service of China Shipping and Evergreen Line

The handling of the XIN HONG KONG at the Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg (CTH) on 17 July 2009 marked the start of a new weekly container line service that links northern Europe with the Far East.

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Where and how can I find my container?

Please contact your freight forwarder if you do not have the data for your container. If you have a container number you can localise your cargo via the Internet. These sites offer connections to tracking systems:

 

SCI and MSC have seven ships in ISES service between Hamburg and the Indian subcontinent

The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) and the Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), based in Geneva, are together running a regular weekly service (ISES) between northern Europe and the Indian subcontinent.

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