Terminals

MSC calls at the three major seaports in Germany Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven with its container ships.

At in total five terminals all types of containers and goods, from toys from China in 20-foot containers to grape imports from South America in reefer containers, are handled efficiently.

In Bremerhaven, MSC operates its own MSC Gate together with EUROGATE to offer you optimal and flexible handling of your cargo.

Hamburg

EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg GmbH
Kurt-Eckelmann-Straße 1
21129 Hamburg
Germany
+49 40 7405 0
For more information click here

HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder GmbH
Am Ballinkai 1
21129 Hamburg
Germany
+49 40 53 309 0
For more information click here

Bremerhaven

MSC Gate Bremerhaven GmbH & Co. KG
Senator-Borttscheller-Straße 1
27568 Bremerhaven
Germany
+49 471 1425-02
For more information click here

North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven
Senator-Borttscheller-Straße 14
27568 Bremerhaven
Germany
+49 471 944 64 00
For more information click here

Wilhelmshaven

EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven GmbH & Co. KG
Ozean-Pier 1
26388 Wilhelmshaven
Germany
+49 4421 7744-0
For more information click here

Regulatory approval status

As of 1 July 2016, the SOLAS VGM Directive requires the timely reporting of the Verified Gross Container Weight (VGM) to the carrier worldwide.

In Germany the regulating body, BG Verkehr, follows a strict procedure and allows a zero percent tolerance. The tolerance is defined by the weighing method, a scale weighing class III or weighing class IV is necessary, and therefore amounts to a variance of -/+ 2 percent.

The BG Verkehr performs random spot checks.

Fines may be placed in case of wrong VGM (verified gross mass) declaration.

If you wish to obtain the VGM by using Method 2, your company must be ISO or AEO certified. If your company does not have one of these certificates please refer to the documents on www.deutsche-flagge.de.

At this point, German ports will allow containers to gate-in without VGM.

What to include in your VGM instructions

• Booking or Bill of Lading number
• Container number
• VGM
• Authorized person’s name
• Responsible party name
• Weighing date

How to submit your VGM

• myMSC
• EDI-Booking or Booking Update (IFTMBF)
• EDI-Shipping Instructions (IFTMIN)
• INTTRA
• Other providers
• VERMAS message
• Customized xml, csv, idoc, txt files.

Deadlines for sending your VGM instructions

• The respective VGM submission EDI deadlines will be displayed on your individual booking confirmations with immediate effect.
• As an additional service and to inform you proactively of missing VGMs, MSC Germany will send a notification the day prior to the VGM cut-off, which gives enough time to provide MSC Germany with the VGM before cut-off.

Status change Fee due to difference in payload

A status change is triggered whenever information relevant for storage at terminal or stowage on vessel is changed after the container has been received at terminal, thus requiring manual change of planning and/or change of storage and stowage.

Since the implementation of the VGM regulation changes between declared payload at time of booking and declared VGM is creating a status change at the terminals, as it might require a change of storage at the terminal and a change in the stowage plan. The exact criteria that trigger a status change due to weight difference are:

balance between original weight and VGM is larger than1.000 kg and change into another weight class:

Booking processes in Germany

We would like to improve the speed and quality of our booking confirmations.
For this purpose, it is necessary that the following data is always entered during the transmission of your booking.
By submitting this data, you avoid queries in advance and the associated delays of booking confirmations.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your local office of MSC Germany.

Exports

The same items as imports when shipping to another EU country. No prohibited goods when shipping to a non-EU country.

For full details of prohibited and restricted cargo click here.