Container Terminal Altenwerder
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The HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) in Hamburg, Germany, is a container handling terminal. It is located in the Altenwerder quarter. It is owned by Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) (74.9%) and Hapag-LLoyd AG shipping lines (25.1%) and lies in the south of Hamburg on the river Elbe.
The terminal opened in 2001. It covers across 983,500 square metres (10,586,306 sq ft) and can process approximately 3 million TEU's annually.
It extends along a 1,400 metres (4,593 ft) long quay wall. It can load/empty up to four container ships. Maximum draught is 16.7 metres (55 ft). The quay wall has a height of 7.5 metres (25 ft) over NN (mean sea level). With 12 million M3 sand, a height difference between dock edge and base of the Elbe river of 24 metres (79 ft) was created.
The centric container area has a capacity of 30.000 TEU takes the largest part of the surface with container connections. The area is served by 22 pairs of cranes and 53 vehicles. The terminal has nearly fully automated operations.