At Unikai, sacks and bales used to be moved by handcarts, but today there are cranes with a load capacity of up to 100 tons. Every year, around 80,000 new cars, 95,000 used cars and 20,000 trucks are shipped from here around the world.
The HPA is already working with virtual worlds, sensory, simulations and digital twins. Such a twin is a digital image of a real object in 3D, such as bridges or buildings. This is then linked with current and historical data.
With the warmer temperatures, the “buoy-men” is also coming out of their winter quarters at the Hamburg Port Authority again.
Many seafarers are stuck in Hamburg due to the Corona pandemic. They do not know when they will be able to travel home again.
The fairway adaptation of the Elbe is one of the Hamburg Port Authority’s most important projects in 2020.