Red Notes

Would you like to easily book your dangerous goods (DG) shipment online? No problem! Thanks to our new DG Web Booking tool, you can now do that quickly and conveniently.

Are you already using our new mobile app? View sailing schedules, keep an eye on containers via Track & Trace, or receive the latest news – with the new and improved Hamburg Süd app, you can use key functionalities of our eCommerce services easily, conveniently and on the go using your smartphone or tablet.

Dear customers,

Hamburg Süd is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, and I am very pleased to be able to take over as the company’s CEO in these special times.

I have already been working at Hamburg Süd for over 17 years. For me, being CEO primarily means being your ambassador as well as speaking with you as often as possible – preferably in person, of course. 150 years is a very long stretch of time, and you – our customers – are the most important reason why Hamburg Süd is able to proudly celebrate this anniversary.

We know just how important predictability is for your business! And that’s why we are now offering you a very practical notification service that will automatically and immediately let you know if there has been a deviation from the sailing schedule.

“Dear captain, could you kindly take on some seawater on your voyage to Rotterdam?” – When this email from Mirsada Mutapcic of the Diergaarde Blijdorp lands in Mark Langer’s email inbox, the captain knows that the zoo in Rotterdam needs some fresh water for its Oceanium. And that means it’s time to make an unusual “refuelling stop” on the open sea!

Hamburg Süd is now offering new and efficient direct connections between the North Island of New Zealand, the South Island of New Zealand, and the Fijian ports of Suva and Lautoka.

Take advantage of our new Intra-Oceania “FERN” service and its many benefits.

It’s time once again for the China International Import Expo! Although things are obviously different for many of us this year – and you may not be able to attend the massive trade fair in person – we won’t let that stop us from telling you how we can help meet your logistics needs.

Recent months have clearly shown what truly matters when the going gets tough: being decisive, solution-oriented, and reliable. Hamburg Süd has always strived to embody precisely these values – we listen to our customers and are always focused on their needs and how we can assist them. From October 1 on, we will further strengthen Hamburg Süd’s brand promises while simultaneously offering new benefits to our customers.

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It took the Hamburg-based artist Jeannine Platz four days to transform one of Hamburg Süd’s red 40-foot containers into a large artwork measuring roughly 12 x 2.5 meters. What’s more, she painted the picture of the Port of Hamburg using only her hands. The container-turned-piece of art will now be traveling around the world for a year and to almost every continent. In this way, Hamburg Süd will be supporting the project of this painter , which aims to set an example of global solidarity and interconnectedness in these difficult times.

With the new premium feature “Personalized Notifications”, you will now be able to define the temperature deviation in the refrigerated container at which you would like to receive a notification.

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The crisis triggered by the coronavirus outbreak is posing major challenges to the entire supply chain. Given the current circumstances, we are also by your side with our convenient e-commerce solutions – which are both fast and easy to use!

Avocado – the berries full of good fats are conquering the shelves of food stores across the world. And making all this possible are transports in refrigerated containers and the experience of our reefer experts.

Hamburg Süd offers and is continuing to develop a range of services that gets your cargo from door-to-door. In January 2020, we are introducing several new intermodal services to ensure the seamless and efficient transportation of your goods from and to locations in the Colombian hinterland.

Do you regularly ship fruits or other sensitive goods? Do you wonder what happens to your goods during transport inside the reefer container? Would you like to have an overview of the conditions inside the container? The new Remote Container Management (RCM) technology is the way to go for your reefer container shipments. RCM monitors parameters such as temperature, relative humidity, and the concentrations of O₂ and CO₂ within the reefer container in real time and along the whole transport chain.

Halloween isn’t the only time in the world when it’s peak season for pumpkins. Today, the healthy vegetable is an integral part of many cuisines around the globe. When transporting them in containers, having the right temperature and optimal ventilation are key factors for ensuring that they arrive at their destination undamaged.

Bananas place high demands on the logistics industry. This has prompted Hamburg Süd to set up its own “banana desks” for its customers. In Miami (USA), San José (Costa Rica), Medellín (Colombia), Guayaquil (Ecuador) and Hamburg (Germany), Hamburg Süd specialists make sure that this sensitive tropical fruit has the best transport conditions possible.

The Oceania trade has always been a key element in Hamburg Süd’s global network of liner services. Beginning in October 2019, we offer you an expanded and enhanced “AUSE” service between Australia and Southeast Asia.

Whether in a smoothie, in a salad or on a sandwich – the appetite for avocados is growing worldwide. The fresh products are transported in reefer containers from their countries of origin to their destination. During the journey, temperature-controlled air must be circulated both around the fruit inside the carton and throughout the entire load to remove respiratory heat, water vapor, and gases such as carbon dioxide and ethylene. To make sure that this happens, the right stuffing method is key.

We’d like to introduce you to a new online function on our Hamburg Süd website that allows you to quickly and easily generate individual reports according to various criteria and at any time. With the new “Track & Trace Reporting” it will be even easier than before to assess and analyze your shipments with Hamburg Süd and to have more transparency on the whole transportation chain.

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The trade between Europe and Central America, Caribbean and South America West Coast is a key element in Hamburg Süd’s global network of liner services. In cooperation with Maersk, Hamburg Süd will be expanding and enhancing the services it offers on this core trade beginning in June 2019.

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We are excited to have won three awards in the past three months. Two of them were presented directly by our customers, while the third one was granted by the shipping and logistics journal Asia Cargo News, whose readers had selected Hamburg Süd as a winner.

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