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■ INNOVATIVE INDUSTRYIE
ROW AFTER ROW: SHELL HANDLES LUBRICANTS AT ITS HAMBURG GRASBROOK SITE
tal of 700 different products for customers from a va- riety of industries.
Finished products are either stored temporarily in tanks or immediately filled for despatch. For instance, 70,000 one-litre-, 20,000 four-litre-bottles and 3,000 209-litre barrels go for despatch daily. These are de- livered by rail and truck to customers throughout Eu- rope. Apart from fillings into small containers, the bulk of all lubricants are fed directly into road and rail tankers. That involves up to 100 road tankers per day, loaded at seven filling stations. The workforce of 260 produces around 360 million litres of lubricants and between 80 and 90 million of process oils annually for use in the textile and cosmetics industries, for ex- ample.
INVESTMENTS IN ITS HAMBURG BASE
Shell is investing in Grasbrook to adapt the site to the challenges of the energy revolution and make it fit for
TANK FARM WITH A VIEW OF HAMBURG’S ELBPHILHARMONIE CONCERT HALL
the future. Opposite the Elbphilharmonie, the former high-rack warehouse with its red-yellow Shell symbol was demolished some time ago. A new, state-of-the- art filling centre for vehicle and engine oils has been built there. One feature of the new facility is a product line for battery-electric vehicles, which require cool- ants and lubricants differing completely from those needed by cars with internal combustion engines.
REGIONAL SUPPLIES
Besides its clients in industry, Shell also looks after motorists and householders from its Hamburg-Har- burg site. For Shell, the Hanseatic City is also its hub for supplying the Northern German region with mo- tor fuels and heating oil. Every day, between 150 and 200 road tankers leave its tank farm in Harburg for the surrounding region. Households, filling stations and airports are supplied from there with heating oil, motor and aviation fuels. ■
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