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      Where can I find information on the water level of the Upper Elbe River?

      You can find up-to-date information on water levels here.

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      Peter’s Top Tipp: Fast Track to Capitan

      Did you ever wanted to know how it feels to steer a 50.000 GT container ship on the river Elbe?

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      What is a Seafarers’ Mission?

      A seafarers’ mission is a Christian social service for sailors.

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      Where can I find information on road traffic in the port?

      You can find information on road traffic and the traffic situation in the Port of Hamburg here.

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      Peter‘s Review: Where the Elbphilharmonie is now

      On 11th and 12th January 2017 it was finally time. The Elbphilharmonie, the new Hamburg landmark, finally opened its doors.

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      What is a TSS (German: VTG)?

      In order to avoid collisions in busy sea-lanes, separate ship traffic lanes are stipulated in a traffic separation scheme (TSS)…

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      What does FCL mean?

      FCL is the abbreviation for “full container load” and designates the transport of a packed container from the consignor to the consignee…

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      Peter updates: Faster to the Baltic - across the new Kattwyk bridge

      Just the other day I made a short inspection flight over Kattwyk Island. And what did I see?

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      Where can parking space for lorries be found in the Port of Hamburg area?

      You can find information on parking spaces here. HPA

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      Peter wonders: In future transport packaging will be intelligent

      Turning to transport packaging of the future, what do we see in our mind’s eye? A cardboard carton, veteran of countless decades?

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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:

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      Where can I buy used containers?

      You can find suppliers here.

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      Big surprise for Peter: Mega-long freight trains in Port of Hamburg

      My colleagues had already told me about it, but now I’ve seen it with my own eyes.

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      What is the meaning of “Nachtsprung”?

      “Nachtsprung” (night hop”) designates over-night cargo transport. The advantage is the generally more favourable traffic situation at night.

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      How many berths does the Port of Hamburg have?

      The Port of Hamburg has 320 berths.

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      What is a tallyman?

      Tallymen were responsible for the cargo.

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      Big surprise for Peter: Warehouse robots in action

      It doesn’t seem quite natural to me:

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      What is tramping?

      Ships engaged in the tramp trade do not have a fixed schedule, as is the case in liner trade.

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      How big is the Port of Hamburg?

      The port covers an area of 7,399 hectares, of which 4,331 hectares are land area. An area of 919 hectares is planned for port expansion.

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      What is a longshoreman?

      Longshoremen were responsible for loading and unloading goods from general cargo ships. They handled sacks, boxes, and barrels.

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      Peter updates: It’s ‘weigh in’ time for Containers

      Have you already seen awful pictures of damaged or lost containers on the high seas? Mostly as a result of a bad storm.

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      What does “Loco” mean?

      “Loco” refers to the part of the cargo traffic that has its destination in the area around the port.

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      What are warehouse keepers?

      Warehouse keepers were responsible for examining and sorting goods like coffee, tea and spices in the historical warehouses (“Speicherstadt”…

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      What is a Jacob’s ladder?

      A Jacob’s ladder is made up of wooden rungs and ropes.