HCCR and Metrans launch cooperative for empty container transport
For the first customer Hamburg Süd: transshipment of empty containers onto Metrans trains to avoid trucking in the port of Hamburg
The HHLA subsidiary Hamburger Container- und Chassis-Reparatur-Gesellschaft (HCCR) has recently started transshipment of empty containers onto Metrans trains right at its empties depot at Altenwerder Damm in Hamburg. The containers are then taken to their hinterland destinations, thereby making unnecessary the truck-based transshipment of empties to the eastern docklands, which is both costly and harmful to the environment. The first customer to make use of this service was the Hamburg shipping company Hamburg Süd, with its first block train leaving the HCCR depot at the end of December.
“Together with Metrans, we are offering our customers a tailormade service which is financially attractive and ecologically sound. Previously, many shipping companies transported their empty containers from the HHLA container terminals in Altenwerder and Burchardkai for temporary storage to empties depots via the Köhlbrand Bridge. But now our customers can have their containers shipped directly from our depot to the hinterland on Metrans trains. This eliminates unnecessary container transshipment using trucks,” says Georg Böttner, Managing Director of HCCR.
Ulrich Jasser, Senior Manager Logistics Region Europe, Hamburg Süd, welcomes the new service: “Hamburg Süd is a long-standing Hamburg-based company, so reducing the level of pollution in the city is especially important to us. Thanks to cooperating with HCCR and Metrans, we are now also able to transport cargo volumes of less than a block train to the hinterland by rail, both cost-effectively and in a way that is environmentally friendly, without missing out on all of the usual depot services. Depending on the form of transport, we are reducing carbon emissions per box by between 17 and 19 kg and are also considerably reducing the emission of other harmful substances. Calculated for an entire train, we are cutting carbon emissions by around one tonne of carbon dioxide!”
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