Magazine: HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG

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The Online Magazine of HHLA

The visionary

For more than 20 years, Gerlinde John has played a key role in driving forward the automation of the Port of Hamburg. Read the portrait of a pragmatic visionary.

Change in the port

Working life in the port is changing rapidly, and has been doing so ever since the first steamship called at Hamburg. A richly illustrated long read shows what consequences the change had for the employees.

Detecting vulnerabilities with artificial intelligence

HHLA will check the state of their container gantry cranes with the help of artificial intelligence and photo-capable drones.

On the home straight

The dredging of the river Elbe is set to be completed in 2021. First to be finished was the passing place for mega-freighters.

The twins of reality

Real objects and processes are increasingly being digitalised. How can such digital twins help us to better understand and shape the world?

New Silk Tracks between China and Europe

All the way from the Yellow River to the Elbe: Zhengzhou – Hamburg. 10,214 kilometres. 15 days. 44 containers bound for Europe.

The digitalised transport chain

Hamburg is one of the ports with the best and most connected IT networks in the world. Digitalisation enables the efficient handling of 9.3 million containers and more than 8,000 ship calls per year. Which digital locks must an export container pass through before it is shipped?

With a farsighted system to the future

HHLA’s newest technical system is globally unique. HHLA Sky has developed a drone system for the industrial sector that allows operators to simultaneously monitor more than 100 aircraft, even if they have flown hundreds of kilometres beyond their visual line of sight.

Avoiding traffic jams with a smile

HHLA subsidiary Container-Transport-Dienst (CTD) has digitalised all processes, including the “last mile” on the way to our customers. Behind this is the SMILE project, which helps drivers avoid waiting times and empty runs.

Seven levels full of future

The Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services in Hamburg has been developing solutions for the shipping business and port operations for ten years. Artificial intelligence is playing a rapidly growing role, also for HHLA.

360° journey into the future of logistics

Travel on a container ship to the Port of Hamburg and even further, into the future of port logistics!

Milestones in Port Logistics

A two-part series shows how leaps in technology have multiplied productivity. From electricity to an inconspicuous steel box to the streams of data that flow through the port today.

Inland waterway ships in the Port of Hamburg’s digital network

Hamburg is Germany’s most important seaport and therefore a major transport hub for the European economy. The seamless arrival and departure of ships is partly overseen by the Hamburg Vessel Coordination Center, a joint venture between HHLA and Eurogate.

Designers have to rethink

3D printing opens up many new business opportunities for logistics companies. Maike Grund, head of HHLA's new subsidiary Bionic Production, in an interview about the possibilities and limits of additive manufacturing.

A start-up since 1885: HHLA

From the beginning, HHLA has carried the genes of a start-up. For when its predecessor was founded on 7 March 1885, the business model was innovative: today's world-famous Hamburg Speicherstadt.

The world’s first climate-neutral container terminal

CTA, one of HHLA's Container Terminals in Hamburg, is the world’s first container handling facility to be certified climate-neutral. Primarily it is powered by green electricity, but how do the electrified processes work?

The leading dancers in the port ballet

They are the ballerinas of the port and perform an elegant logistics ballet on its quays: straddle carriers, the special long-legged vehicles for container handling.

Mega-freighters at the Port of Hamburg

Gigantic container ships are an everyday sight on the river Elbe. But what happens in handling at the quayside? And where do all the colourful steel boxes go?