The HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder went into operation in 2002 and since then has been amongst the cutting-edge and most efficient container terminals in the world. Processes on the one square kilometre large terminal are mainly automatic. Driverless Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) move the containers around the site and software-controlled portal cranes sort them into storage blocks. The adjacent Kombi-Transeuropa Terminal Hamburg (KTH) is by far the largest German rail terminal. Seven tracks each 720-metres long are available for handling block trains.

HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) in Waltershof, is the cradle of container handling in the Port of Hamburg. In 1968 the first containership tied up there, just as the latest generation of ultra-large containerships do today. CTB with an area of around 1.4 square kilometres is the largest container handling facility in Hamburg. The terminal area is used efficiently with a mix of conventional storage space and automatic container block storage. Hundreds of containers are handled at the intermodal facility, which links the terminal to the European railway network.

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company founded in 1970 is a family-owned company with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. As the world market leader in container shipping, it has developed from a single-ship operation into a globally respected shipping and logistics corporation with more than 110,000 employees, supporting a network of 600 branches in 155 countries.

With 700 containerships, MSC operates one of the most modern and technologically advanced fleets in the world. The global sailing schedules comprise more than 250 routes with vessels calling at 500 ports, including Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven in Germany.

This shipping line interlinks the world, not only via sea trades, but also by road, rail and inland waterway, playing an essential role in global supply chains and international trade.

MSC has been represented in Germany since the 1970s. Some 650 staff work in the offices in Hamburg, Berlin, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Lübeck, Munich, Nuremberg and Stuttgart. From Germany, services mainly call at the four North Range ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg and Bremerhaven, as well as the Italian port of Trieste with both its own and some 80 commercial inland waterway vessels, and train services. Apart from its own two MEDREPAIR N.V. Depots, 30 more depots operated by third parties are available to MSC.

Whether flexibags for shipping liquid cargo in containers or the MSC Smart Container for tracking shipments in realtime, MSC stands for individual door-to-door solutions. More than 50 intermodal and logistics experts provide customer support for all kinds of cargo from refrigerated goods via dry cargo to major project cargo.

HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort, occupies the smallest area of all container terminals in Hamburg, but it is recognised as achieving very high performance, and is innovative and flexible. The rail terminal is equipped with a portal crane system that facilitates handling block trains on curved tracks. A total of five block-train tracks are available. With state-of-the-art gantry cranes at Tollerort large containerships with a capacity of up to 23,000 TEU can be loaded and discharged.

ADM Hamburg belongs to the Archer Daniels Midland Group. At their terminal in Hamburg they handle feedstuffs, grains, oil-seeds and vegetable oil. The facility is among the highest performers for silo handling in Germany. In addition the terminal has the largest oil-seed processing plant and refinery complex in Europe. They use rape seed and soya beans in processing and refining margarine, vegetable oil, bakery products, cooking oils, pharmaceutical glycerine and biodiesel. ADM is a leading producer of biodiesel in Germany and Europe.

The Warehousing- and Stevedoring company Lübeck Distribution GmbH (LDG) was founded in 1997 by the Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG) and the forwarders Lüders & Stange (each 50%). The LDG is competed to offer clever logistic solutions in consideration of competitive warehousing- and handling rates. LDG provides warehousing and stevedoring services at the LHG terminals Nordlandkai, Seelandkai and Skandinavienkai. The terminals of LDG are situated close to Ro/Ro vessel’s berths and operate as cross docking centers, nearly all have their own side track. The personal offers a high expert know how in reloading of break bulk and mixed cargo, lashing and securing of cargo. The vehicle fleet covers all types of fork lift trucks up to 32 to, containers, spreaders, Tug Master etc. Based on the forwarding background the whole supply chain can be offered.

DFDS is one of the leading shipping companies in northern Europe and offers also an extended route net in the Mediterranean Sea since 2018.
In Germany DFDS is represented by the DFDS Germany ApS & Co. KG in Kiel, Cuxhaven and Hamburg.

Beside passengers we can ship nearly all kind of cargoes on our several routes in the North and Baltic Sea as well as in the Mediterranean Sea.
Whether you are interested in the shipment of trailers, truck trailers, containers, machinery as well as high & heavy and project cargoes or in full/part loads in liner own containers or trailers – DFDS is your partner!

We welcome you on our homepage and looking forward to your request.

At their facility, Silo P. Kruse store and handle grain, oil-seed, and feedstuffs. The facility has new loading/discharging equipment, the only one of its kind in Europe, making it possible to load and discharge sea-going vessels at the same time. The serviced spectrum includes loading and discharging sea-going ships, barges, inland-waterway vessels, coasters, rail waggons and trucks, as well as providing comprehensive Customs, sample taking, stevedoring and forwarding.

Harburg Rhenus Midgard Hamburg GmbH Terminal has handling capacity and state-of-the-art equipment for smooth handling of dry bulk (e.g. building materials and scrap) and mass general cargo. Their range of services is rounded off by power plant and steel works logistics, warehousing, further processing and clearance.

With a yearly throughput of 1.8 million TEU, Contargo is one of the leading container hinterland logistics networks in Europe. Contargo integrates container transport between the western seaports, Germany's North Sea ports and the European hinterland. The Contargo network concept is based on three components:

• Contargo's own terminals as nodal points
• Contargo's own barge and rail transport lines as interconnections
• Order processing by competent central and decentralised customer service organisations

This concept makes Contargo the partner of choice for sea carriers, forwarders and all other players along the intermodal logistics chain in Europe.

Contargo operates container depots and interim storage at the terminals and offers a wide range of container services including local collection and delivery of containers by truck, maintenance and repair, and stuffing and stripping. Contargo combines the advantages of the three transport modes of inland navigation, road and rail in an integrated transport concept. Fixed routes and frequent scheduled departures form the basis for fast, reliable, efficient container transports.

Consistent, integrated processes and IT systems ensure the fast, smooth throughput of containers. As well as handling between barge, rail and truck Contargo also takes on the document processing.

Contargo is present in Germany, the Netherlands, France and Switzerland

Of course, Contargo maintains the highest safety standards in the day-to-day operation of all its partners and these standards are stringently controlled - for example regarding ADR 1.10 and ISPS regulations and voluntarily observation of the stipulations of the US Customs -Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT).

Transportvolume 2013

1.800.000 TEU (TEU: Twenty feet Equivalent Unit)

employees

800

annual turnover 2013

356 Mio EURO

Terminals

25

Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft mbH (LHG) runs the public-sector ports docks in the Hanseatic City of Lübeck and is Germany's largest port operator on the Baltic.
The Port of Lübeck is the most southwesterly transhipment centre on the Baltic and performs as pooling point for the transport corridors between Southern, Western and Central Europe and the Baltic economic area.

LHG's terminals offer up to 80 departures a week to 20 partner ports around the Baltic and therefore guarantee the highest possible delivery reliability. The most varied types and flows of goods pass through the terminals of LHG, 365 days a year on their way to and from Scandinavia, central and south-west Europe and the Baltic region.
Alongside its core business, port cargo handling, stowage and warehousing, along with its subsidiaries and affiliates LHG as a modern logistics group offers a broad range of services. LHG network traffic systems on land and water seamlessly. For every customer and every
Lübeck's strength in that respect consists of its Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) services, or freight in rapid
transit, rolling on to and off vessels on trucks or shipping units.
As its second vital mainstay, the Port of Lübeck offers all the advantages of a logistics centre notable for both quality and expertise. That applies especially to such forest products as paper and cellulose. Lübeck is of immense importance as the largest handling and distribution centre in Europe for the
Swedish and Finnish paper industry.

In the vehicle loading sector LHG Terminals have been successfully audited by many of the major manufacturers. LHG (un)load over 20 different well-known makes of vehicle. The fenced, clean, CCTV monitored terminal areas especially for vehicle handling, making the LHG very flexible.

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Hansaport's dry bulk terminal is specialised in handling coal and ore. Compared internationally, it is highly automated, making it one of the especially high-performance handlers for dry bulk. The dry bulk is carried inland using two of the most environmentally-friendly modes of transport, rail and inland waterways. Hansaport's rail loading terminal sends more than a dozen ore trains to the steel works in Salzgitter and Eisenhüttenstadt daily.

The shipping agency UCA United Canal Agency GmbH was founded in 1998 and is operating from both ends of the Kiel-Canal with offices on the locks in Kiel-Holtenau and Brunsbüttel - with more than 70 employees, 24 hours day and night, 365 days a year. The ISO-certified company is offering all kind of services for vessels transitting the Kiel-Canal, like for example registration wth the Kiel-Canal authorities, ordering pilots in time as well as all kind of services for vessels calling at the ports of Kiel, Rendsburg and Brunsbüttel. All types of vessels get attendance, whether in connection with cargo operations, repairs/calls at shipyard, crew change, storing or other reasons. The services are requested by shipowners as well as charterers, insurance companies/pandi-clubs and other maritime parties.

The seaport of Kiel is one of the most versatile and cost-effective Baltic Sea ports. Its favourable geographical position, with sufficient water depth for seagoing ships in all areas, and with direct links to rail and road networks, makes it attractive both for goods handling and for passenger traffic. The port also benefits from its favourable position at the entrance to the world’s most frequented artificial waterway, the Kiel-Canal. Parent company: SEEHAFEN KIEL (Port of Kiel) GmbH & Co. KG Subsidiary companies: PORT OF KIEL Stevedoring Company, KombiPort, AIRPORT KIEL Company; Business divisions: Management and development of port facilities, Logistics and port services, Real estate management, Airport Kiel