en.Wedoany.com Reported - Airbus aircraft component handling capacity at the Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT) in the Port of Hamburg has doubled. The terminal has expanded storage positions for oversized aircraft components from 10 to 20, serving the export operations from Airbus's Hamburg-Finkenwerder plant to the Tianjin final assembly line, thereby further strengthening the key logistics corridor between Germany and China.

Since 2008, the terminal has been continuously responsible for this specialized transport work. Aircraft fuselage sections are temporarily stored here before being loaded onto COSCO Shipping vessels. According to Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), approximately 300 aircraft components (totaling 5,000 tons) were processed through CTT in 2025, and it was this increase in throughput that drove the investment in expansion.

The upgrade has introduced a series of new measures. A new mooring concept allows ships to be secured more quickly, reducing berth occupancy time; additionally, an expanded wind protection system provides greater protection for these sensitive and high-value cargoes during operations.

"Foundation Laid"

Jaber Ghanim, HHLA project manager at CTT, stated: "Together with Airbus and COSCO Shipping, we have laid a solid foundation at CTT to expand the export activities of one of Hamburg's most important industrial companies. We are pleased to support our partners in bringing more high-quality European products to the international market more reliably in the future. Special thanks go to the project team at Tollerort, who successfully carried out this expansion while maintaining normal operations."