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The Hamburg location can be seen as closing the gap in the logistics chain of the global service pro- vider Deufol. Especially since the service provider specialised in breakbulk, heavy cargo, project car- go, industrial packaging and IT has taken over the Wallmann Terminal at the port. The multi-purpose seaport hub serves as the maritime link for the com- pany’s 90 locations spread across twelve countries. It offers 130,000 square metres of space – 50,000 of which as hall space – as well as four non-rail- bound mobile cranes that move around the terminal flexibly and can lift up to 400 tonnes of unit weight in tandem.
There is also a 600-metre-long quay with three ship berths, from which the service provider forwards heavy loads around the world by sea. Besides the water link, the terminal includes its own rail connec- tion. Deufol has thus consolidated terminal services and value creation at one location. From heavy crates, assembly and cargo consolidation to packag- ing and shipping – it all happens at a central location without additional transport within the port. Ship- ping times have fallen, and there are around 10,000 fewer truck journeys on the port’s roads each year.
ject. In order to move these goods at the terminal, the service provider uses the help of a specialist Hamburg haulier. “Thanks to their hydraulic equip- ment, it’s possible to pick up the turbines – often weighing more than 300 tonnes – and move them in- to the halls,” notes Wülfing.
Deufol has a 600-metre-long quay with three ship berths, from which the service provider forwards heavy loads around the world by sea.
For a company from the bottling industry, Deufol takes care of all services along the supply chain. This includes the disassembly of plant parts as well as transport, storage, consolidation and optimised packing. “We digitally map the customer’s entire project beforehand to carry out strategic optimisa- tions and ensure maximum utilisation of the trans- ports,” he adds.
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The cargoes handled by Deufol at the port are large, heavy and often valuable: goods from plant and ma- chinery construction required by customers for projects all around the world. “A client from the north of Hamburg built hammer drills for the offshore and wind industry,” ex- plains Dirk Wülfing, Senior Region- al Manager Customer Development at Deufol. The components that ar- rive by land or sea at the Wallmann Terminal are temporarily stored there, fully assembled and then loaded onto seafaring vessels.
Another customer manufactures and packages gas turbines at its factory in Berlin and temporarily stores them with Deufol at Hall 8 in Hamburg until they are needed in the respective power station pro-
Deufol has four non-railbound mobile cranes that move around the terminal flexibly and can lift up to 400 tonnes of unit weight in tandem.
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