Profile of Hamburg's Multi-Purpose Terminals

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Commodities FRUIT – fresh logistics The Hamburg fruit terminal, operated by HHLA Frucht- und Kühl-Zentrum GmbH, handles nearly 1,5 million tons of fruit every year. The main import fruit is bananas from South America. The banana and fruit terminal is one of the most modern and efficient terminals in Europe. All types of reefer vessels can be accepted, and four vessels can be operated at the terminal quay simultaneously. The terminal has eight elevator systems in operation and seven quay cranes complemented by a container gantry crane to handle reefer containers. The terminals temperature-controlled warehouse offers more than 25,000 palette space. Hamburg’s fruit terminal is handling imports going to the German, Scan - dinavian, eastern European market and to Austria and Switzerland. Special reefer trains connect Ham - burg with inland regions. The nearby areas are served by reefer trucks. The Baltic Sea region is connected by feeder vessels. Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Spices, Nuts, Dried Fruit, Tobacco, Paper, Rubber, Steel… – tailormade product services Hamburg is Germany’s biggest import place for commodities as green coffee, tea, cocoa and other special commodities. About 1,2 million tons of green coffee, 252,000 tons of cocoa, more than 444,000 tons of tea and spices pass every year through the Hamburg port and it’s specialized warehouse companies. Containerisation changed transport of these traditional conventional goods. Most of them are shipped in containers today. Most of Hamburg’s commoditiy warehouse operators are registered with the London International Futures Exchange (LIFFE) and with the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) as approved warehouse keepers. The International Cocoa Trading Organization (ICCO) uses Hamburg as a centre to store its buffer stocks. Specialized Hamburg warehouse operators, some are registered with the London Metal Exchange, offer services as cleaning, customs clearance, processing, sorting, delivery to final destination / production. Some of these companies are: Eichholtz & Cons., NKG Kala Hamburg GmbH, Schwarze & Cons. GmbH, C. Stein weg (Süd-West-Terminal) GmbH & Co. KG, Bert hold Vollers GmbH, Werner Bruhns Lage rei ge sell schaft und Wallmann & Co. EXPORT PACKING SERVICES – for a safe journey All Hamburg’s seaport packing companies offer excellent facilities for intermediate storage, professional transportation and packing services, EDI services, ISO certification and membership with other German packing standard guidelines and associations. Two names out of a number of companies: Securi - tas Export Packers – the company is accredited to ISO9002 and for heavy lift packing. Another com - pany is SWOP-Seaworthy Packing GmbH. 6
Hamburg Freeport & Customs Procedures MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINALS Operator Terminal Quay Terminal Number Warehouse Total Depth Length Area Quayside Cranes Capacity Alongside BUSS HANSA Buss Hansa 840 m 30 ha 2 gantries 37,000 m 2 80,000 TEU 12.5 m TERMINAL GMBH Terminal 8 x 25-45 to cranes 2 mobile cranes HHLA Fruit Centre 530 m 17 ha 1 gantry 60,000 m 2 1,000,000 t 11 m FRUCHT- UND 3 mobile crans KÜHLZENTRUM 4 carton elevators UNIKAI LAGEREI Multi-purpose 800 m 30 ha 1 container crane 1,000,000 m 2 20,000 TEU 11.5 m UND SPEDITIONS- Terminal and mobile cranes TERMINAL MBH O`Swaldkai available RO-RO-TERMINAL RHENUS MIDGARD Rhenus Midgard 500 m 135,000 m 2 2 gantry cranes (16 t) 12,500 m 2 2,5 mio. t 10.8 m RHENUS AG & Co. KG Terminal Harburg (open storage) 1 slewing crane (45 t) RHENUS MIDGARD Rhenus Midgard 400 m 155,000 m 2 2 gantry cranes (30 t) 50,000 m 2 1 ro-ro ramp 11.5 m Terminal Dradenau 1 mobile crane (100 t) 2 moorings C. STEINWEG Süd-West 1,300 m 24 ha 1 crane (40 t) 70,000 m 2 30,000 TEU up to 13 m (SÜD-WEST Terminal 1 crane (45 t) TERMINAL) 2 cranes (8 t) GMBH & CO. KG 1 mobile crane (140 t) 1 hopper for bulk shipment WALLMANN & CO Wallmann 640 m 13 ha 5 cranes 70,000 m 2 250,000 TEU 13.1 m Terminal 1x140 to mobile crane Hamburg’s Freeport Area offers manufacturers and distributors one of the most liberal tax en - vironments in Europe. The Freeport is part of the German Federal Republic, and it belongs to the Customs territory of the European Union. But, under the European Community Customs Code, third party goods entering the Freeport are treated as not yet having entered the Customs territory of the Community. Goods entering the Freeport do not therefore need Customs clearance, and they can be stored in the Freeport without attracting excise duty or other taxes. Taxes are only levied if the goods leave the Freeport area for import into Germany/EU – Goods in transit to countries other than Germany are only liable for import duties when they enter their country of destination. Goods can be held in the Freeport for an unlimited period of time. Another advantage of the Freeport is that no VAT is levied on processing operations or transactions within the Freeport area. This has led many companies to set up processing operations, particularly for high-value commodities such as coffee, tea, paper, cocoa, nuts and spices, within the Freeport. To avoid customs clearance problems in the relevant accession state, forwarders can use a socalled fiscal representative commissioned by the consignee (importer) to carry out EU customs clearance quickly and smoothly at Hamburg as the port of entry. Once goods arriving by sea have been cleared for the EU in Hamburg, e.g. by a clearing agent, they are then transported to the destination country from Hamburg as an intra-community delivery. The benefit is that customs clearance is no longer neces sary at the final destination. Only VAT appli cable in the respective country has to be paid and, in addition to saving time, this procedure also saves costs in that no T 1 dispatch document is required from the port of entry to the destination country. Goods imported into Germany from non-EU countries are in general liable to import duties (Customs duty, import turnover tax and excise duties), which are levied at a rate set by the Customs tariff or excise duty laws. Certain imports (for example, agricultural products) are exempt from duties in some circumstances, as are some goods imported from developing countries. All cargo entering or leaving Hamburg may be subject to inspection by German Customs, not only to keep a check on false Customs declarations, but also to control the import and export of illegal items such as drugs and armaments. To speed up inspection of containerised cargoes, the German Federal Customs Administration has installed a HI-CO SCAN system at the main Customs office near the Freeport at Waltershof, which uses X-ray technology to examine the contents of containers entering and leaving the port. Average inspection time takes just 20 minutes, and containers are only subjected to manual searching if the X-ray examination shows suspicious items not readily identifiable on the mani fest. 7
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