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automated guided vehicle


Fully automated transport vehicle for moving containers between quayside > container gantry cranes and storage blocks.
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block storage


HHLA uses automated storage blocks served by rail-mounted gantry cranes for compact stacking of containers.
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container gantry crane


Crane unit for loading and discharging containerships. A distinction is drawn between panmax-, post-panmax- and super-post-panmax container gantry cranes for handling ships of the corresponding sizes.
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contract logistics


Business model based on long-term cooperation and division of labour between manufacturers of goods and logistics service providers, regulated by a service contract. Providers of contract logistics ta [..]
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facility management


Describes the maintenance and administration of buildings, installations and similar facilities such as cool stores or a banana ripening plant.
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feeder


Regional ship for further distribution of smaller quantities of containers to ports not called at direct by large containerships. From Hamburg, feeders serve the Baltic region and Scandinavia, for exa [..]
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ground-handling vehicles


Vehicles capable of shifting, stacking and transferring goods on land.  See also > reach stackers or > straddle carriers.
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hamburg-antwerp range


The term used to describe the major North European ports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Zeebrügge that are in direct competition along the North Sea coast.
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hinterland


Describes a port’s entire catchment area.
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intermodal or intermodal-systems


Transport utilizing several carriers (rail, water, road) and combining the special advantages of each.
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