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The Executive Board and staff representatives at Hamburger Hafen and Logistik AG (HHLA) reached agreement on a restructuring of the work and process organization at HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) on the evening of 17 November 2010. These new arrangements will be implemented over the coming months.
“I am delighted that we have achieved an agreed outcome. The new control stand for steering terminal processes and the introduction of teamwork will put Burchardkai in a position to successfully master current and future challenges,” said Heinz Brandt, HHLA’s Executive Board Member for Human Resources, on the completion of the agreements on a new work and process organization at HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai. “The discussions were not always easy, but in the end opting to engage in this intensive dialogue has proved right.”
Arno Münster, Chairman of the HHLA Works Council: “The negotiations were very difficult but the compromise found does justice both to the interests of the staff and to operational requirements. To a large extent, the result reflects the ideas of the colleagues.”
For some years, HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB), the first and largest container terminal in the Port of Hamburg, has been undergoing fundamental modernization and expansion while continuing in full operation. On completion of expansion, Burchardkai will have more than doubled its 2005 capacity of 2.5 million standard containers (TEU) per year to 5.2 million. Following the opening in 2006 of the new on-dock container rail terminal that is designed for a tripling of container transport by rail, in summer 2010 a second milestone of the expansion programme was reached with the new mega-ship berth 2. Since August, this has been handling the largest containerships currently in service, with slot capacities of up 14,000 TEU.
The agreed restructuring will now optimize working processes and the work organization at CTB to meet current and future challenges. In line with demand, in the coming years CTB will be taking additional mega-ship berths and storage blocks into service. The growing cargo volumes handled on larger ships are even today leading to a rapid climb in utilization, since the quality and efficiency lead enjoyed by HHLA Terminals in Hamburg can only be maintained through a corresponding increase in cargo throughput (containers handled per hour of lay time for a mega-ship).
The core elements of CTB’s future organization will be the introduction of a control stand as well as teamwork. For the control stand, planning and control of all operational processes will be gathered into one central department. This will facilitate improved coordination and handling of all tasks arising and will offer a good foundation for the continual improvement of all terminal processes. The introduction of teamwork on handling will also involve restructuring of handling work at the waterside and in the hinterland. Therewith CTB’s performance can be adjusted to the growing challenges of maritime logistics.
Source: Transport Weekly
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