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UNLOADING OF FOREST PRODUCTS AT THE COMPANY WÖRDEMANN IN HAMBURG
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Transit port Hamburg
Ilim Group uses the Port of Hamburg to distribute its own paper products worldwide. Its logistics subsidiary Fintrans annually brings over 50,000 tons of these to the Hanseatic port from the Port of St Petersburg.
Ilim Group of Russia, Europe’s third largest producer of paper products, also uses the Port of Hamburg for despatching shipments worldwide. Here wood pulp, carboard, offset and bag paper, along with sawn tim- ber, are stored, sometimes briefly, before being dis- tributed further afield. Almost 52,000 tons arrive in the Hanseatic city by sea from St Petersburg in 2,560 40-ft containers.
“In Hamburg various partners and customers take over the goods from us,” says Olga Makarowa, head of Fintrans/Ilim Group’s Logistics Division. Acting as an agent, www.shipments.de Wördemann organiz- es Europe-wide distribution of paper, cardboard and wood pulp. The company looks after handling, trans- port and issue of transit documents for the ship- ments. A further partner is Jam Modern Logistics, which undertakes onward transport of sawn timber. Also involved are Europcell and Fornaroli, who take over the consignments in Hamburg as customers.
HAMBURG IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT
IN OUR LOGISTICS
“For us the Port of Hamburg is a crucial feature of our logistics,” says Makarowa, adding: “Just re- cently we have been making more and more use of intermodal transport.” So numerous consignments meanwhile proceed onwards by rail or truck. Which carriers the group uses also depends on the desti- nation country. Sometimes, transhipment via Ham- burg can be more economical than the direct route from St Petersburg to the destination. According to Ilim Group, the Port of Hamburg’s geographical lo- cation and its very well-developed sea, rail and road infrastructure can facilitate rapid and qualitatively high-standard deliveries in Europe and worldwide for its clients and partners. That is another reason for growth in traffic volume to Hamburg. Whereas last year an average of 180 containers per month were handled, this year the figure has been 290.