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Vehicles and fruit
With two HHLA terminals and many different types of goods, the O’Swaldkai port facility perfectly encapsulates Hamburg’s all-purpose port.
BY KERSTIN KLOSS
“Anything that rolls on wheels arrives here,” explains Hartmut Wolberg while sitting behind the wheel of a van. The managing director of UNIKAI Lagerei- und Speditionsgesellschaft drives across the 40-hectare terminal grounds, much of which is used for parking: “This is where the trucks arrive, but buses, agricul- tural machinery and tractor units that look brand- new also come here.”
UNIKAI is one of two terminal operators at the O’Swald- kai port facility, where the company – predominantly owned by Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) – manages around two thirds of the area. At the terminal on the Elbe island of Kleiner Grasbrook, a Grimaldi ro-ro con- tainer ship is currently being loaded for West Africa. Among the cargo, three vehicles stacked on top of each other are waiting to be moved. “If you want to ship a
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