Burchardkai container terminal

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Burchardkai (left), Köhlbrandbrücke and Eurogate (October 2012)

The container terminal Burchardkai (CTB) is the largest terminal of HHLA the Port of Hamburg . It is located on an area of ​​1.4 square kilometers on the former Elbe island Waltershof and is served by the quay route Burchardkai at Waltershofer Hafen ( berths  1–6, opposite the CTH Container Terminal Hamburg of Eurogate ) as well as at the parking port (berth 7) and the Athabaskakai on the Elbe (berths 8-10) limited. To the east of the CTB is the Mühlenwerder station of the Hamburg port railway .

30 container cranes are available for loading and unloading container ships of all sizes on the quays, which are more than 1,400 meters long . Connected are 12 (as of 2017) block storage facilities, each 380 meters in length, and a container train station, as well as places for the direct transfer of containers to trucks . In 2014, 629,000 TEU ( standard containers ) were handled here from or to the railroad . The parent company HHLA does not publish figures on the turnover on the waterside.

history

The container terminal evolved from a multi-purpose terminal. HHLA recognized early on that container handling had great advantages. In 1965 the first container bridge was erected at Burchardkai Platz 3. There she handled containers on conventional ships.

The first call of the American Lancer on May 31, 1968 is considered the beginning of the "container age" in the Port of Hamburg . The 213 meter long ship of the United States Lines was the first full container ship on the Elbe. The then Hamburg Senator for Economic Affairs and later HHLA CEO Helmuth Kern and other celebrities came to greet the ship . At that time, Kern was very committed to the development of the Port of Hamburg. In 1972, six container cranes were available at six berths for the then common container ship size of 1500  TEU and 225 meters in length.

1992 began the extension of the Athabaskakai across the Athabaska Bank to the west. For this, the water police station guard and also the HADAG jetty had to give way.

In order to be able to operate larger and therefore heavier container cranes later on the CTB, berths 1 to 6 on Burchardkai were "shoed in front" by about 20 meters: a 20-meter-wide new area with a new quay wall was built in front of the previous quay; this made the harbor basin a bit smaller. A side effect is that under the quay of the bow thruster can be better derived stream to a scouring to prevent under the quay. In August 2013, the Chinese special ship Zhen Hua 26 brought the first four tandem container cranes intended for the CTB to Burchardkai. A short time later another tandem container bridge was put into operation, so that 13 are available. The container cranes built by the Chinese company ZPMC were set up on the renewed berths 3 and 4. In August 2014, the upgraded berth 5/6, now 595 meters long, went into operation. It was equipped with five further tandem container cranes from ZPMC, which with their 65 meter long booms can load and unload the largest container ships with up to 24 rows of containers next to each other. They can work in tandem: one bridge can move four 20-foot or two 40-foot containers at the same time. Another three bridges from ZPMC arrived in August 2016. They were put into operation one after the other at the CTB at berth 5/6 at the beginning of 2017. From then on, HHLA will have two berths at the CTB for handling large container ships .

The CTB is connected to the public road network via Waltershofer Damm as well as Altenwerder Damm and Rugenberger Damm. The railway connection runs parallel to Waltershofer Damm. All connections have been completely renewed since 2015. At the beginning of 2019, another two cranes and two railroad tracks were put into operation.

Technical specifications

Aerial photo of the HHLA container terminal Burchardkai (June 2013)
Company premises 1.4 km²
Quay wall 2,850 m
Berths 10
Maximum draft 16.5 m
Container cranes 30th
Straddle carrier 133
Gate 19 tracks

Naming

The terminal is named after the Hamburg mayor Johann Heinrich Burchard . A common abbreviation in the port industry is Bukai .

Web links

Commons : Containerterminal Burchardkai  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Eckhard-Herbert Arndt: HHLA Terminal Burchardkai becomes even more efficient · Better use of space · Three new handling bridges · Storage block technology displaces Van Carrier · Currently 134 straddle carriers are still rolling over the CTB · The rail handling area will be expanded from 2017 . In: Daily port report from October 1, 2015, p. 1/3, DVV Media Group, Hamburg 2015

Individual evidence

  1. Eckhard-Herbert Arndt: Burchardkai clear for 18,000 TEU giants · Berth 5/6 in Waltershofer Hafen officially opened yesterday · Part of the large CTB expansion program · Booms can span 24 rows . In: Daily port report from August 26, 2014, p. 1/2
  2. Felix Selzer: New hope for 10 million TEU . In: Hansa , issue 3/2015, p. 81
  3. www.hafen-hamburg.de with photos and a link to the press release
  4. ^ Eckhard-Herbert Arndt: New service providers for the port of Hamburg . In: Daily port report from August 7, 2013, p. 1
  5. HHLA: Communication dated August 15, 2016
  6. ^ Dpa: Transport: Expansion of the container station at Burchardkai completed. In: shz.de. January 22, 2019, accessed January 30, 2019 .
  7. New van carriers at Burchardkai . HHLA press release from January 15, 2015
  8. Booking Confirmation - 1ST UPDATE - Hapag-Lloyd ( Memento from August 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ CMA CGM New North Europe Med Oceania
  10. Container-Atlas-Europe-2015/16 , Harborsreview ( Memento from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 2 ″  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 9 ″  E