Container Terminal Tollerort: HHLA puts first hybrid straddle carriers of the Port of Hamburg into operation

New energy-saving, low-emission technology at the Port of Hamburg: two straddle carriers with environmentally friendly hybrid engines are now transporting containers between the ship, the yard, the rail terminal and the truck gate at the HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT). The two prototypes are expected to use at least 15 percent less diesel than their predecessors. This will significantly reduce emissions of CO2, nitric oxide and particulate matter.

The principle behind the hybrid...

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HHLA and HTT establish joint venture

Transporting containers at high speed through a tube to and from the Port of Hamburg – that is the joint vision of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and the US-based research and development company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT).

Both companies want to work together on making this idea a reality and have established a joint venture to achieve this. The collaboration was announced in Hamburg on Wednesday, 5 December 2018 by Angela Titzrath, Chairwoman of HHLA’s Executive Board,...

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Truck handling changes in Hamburg’s HHLA Terminals

Some processes at Hamburg’s HHLA Terminals will be modified in order to accelerate dispatch and delivery of containers.

1. Different Check of Seals, different Interchange Receipts

Upon delivery and dispatch of full containers, Check-Gates will only check presence of a High Security (HS) Seal rather than recording the actual seal number. In case of a missing HS-Seal respective containers will be applied a new HS-Seal at the Check-Gate. The new seal number will be recorded.

ATTENTION: A seal number...

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Digitalization of the port of Hamburg

Underwater drones, autonomous trucks and paperless Customs clearance – the future is already buzzing in the Port of Hamburg. The ‘Digital Networking’ conference run by Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM) showed just how far the port has progressed. “In respect of digitalization, the Port of Hamburg is a worldwide beacon offering many USPs,” emphasized Axel Mattern, HHM’s Joint CEO.

Dr. Sebastian Saxe, CDO of Hamburg Port Authority, presented an impressive picture of the digital future in his keynote...

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Hamburg port: Gateway to the World for Czechia and Slovakia

Metrans, founded exactly 70 years ago, was the main talking point at the Port of Hamburg Evening in Prague on 11 October. For centuries, Hamburg, Czechia and Slovakia have been linked by the rivers Moldau and Elbe. In the modern era, rail and trucking make an important addition. Proving the importance of these routes, in 2017 more than 465,000 containers were transported between the Port of Hamburg and Czech container terminals.

“HHLA subsidiary Metrans’s reliable intermodal network and service...

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Enhanced railway services at Port of Hamburg

The Port of Hamburg and Metrans Group are intensifying their links with Lithuanian Railways. Axel Mattern, Joint CEO of Port of Hamburg Marketing, and Egidijus Lazauskas, Deputy Director-General and Director Freight Traffic for Lithuanian Railways, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Vilnius to strengthen cooperation on the routes to and from the Port of Hamburg. In addition, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG – HHLA’s intermodal subsidiary Metrans, and Lithuanian Railways signed a Letter...

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HHLA & MAN launch “Hamburg truckpilot”

As part of the transport partnership between Volkswagen AG and the City of Hamburg, host of the World Congress on Intelligent Transport and Transportation Systems (ITS) 2021, MAN Truck & Bus and Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) will be testing automated and autonomous trucks in real use over the coming years. The project partners have signed a cooperation agreement to this effect. The HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) and a 70-kilometre stretch of the A7 motorway are to serve as...

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