Well-coordinated cooperation in the Port of Hamburg: HHLA Project Logistics steers the transhipment of rail wagons from seagoing vessel to rail.

At the end of the year, HHLA Project Logistics successfully completed its first loading operation in the Port of Hamburg. The subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), which normally specialises in project cargoes in Asia, was able to draw on the expertise and network within the HHLA Group for its first order in Germany. It worked closely with the HHLA company UNIKAI Lagerei- und Speditionsgesellschaft.

The oversized cargo consisted of six passenger railway carriages, each between 17 and 22 metres long and weighing between 20 and 47 tonnes, as well as the associated bogies. Manufactured in China, the wagons were transported by ocean-going vessel to Hamburg. The Wallmann & Co terminal loaded the wagons onto inland waterway craft that took them to O’Swaldkai, HHLA’s universal cargo terminal.

The HHLA subsidiary UNIKAI took over the handling at O’Swaldkai. After customs formalities had been completed, the wagons were placed on the terminal’s own rail track, where they were assembled for onward transport by rail to the Czech Republic.

“With the support of our partners within the HHLA Group and other reliable specialists, we were able to complete this job quickly and smoothly,” emphasised Korneli Korchilava, Managing Director of HHLA Project Logistics. He also highlighted the importance of rail for the environment: “I am particularly pleased that with this project we have been able to promote the transfer of traffic to rail and thus contribute to our company’s climate protection goals. It is opportunities like this that make the Port of Hamburg such a special location.”

With this successful premiere, HHLA Project Logistics has taken an important step into the German market and at the same time demonstrated the capabilities of the Port of Hamburg.