a. hartrodt

A. Hartrodt is an international transport and logistics company with its headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. It handles air freight, sea freight, road and rail transport, project logistics and storage. It works door to door for customers around the world.

In Hamburg, 420 employees of a. hartrodt Deutschland (GmbH & Co) KG handle shipments and project logistics. This covers imports and exports, global supply chains and solutions for certain industries. The company also runs central holding tasks such as IT and finance from Hamburg. It does all steps of a job, from transhipment to customs clearance, from one source. It has its own network of 65 subsidiaries and partners in 46 countries.

In air freight, the company handles a shipment before loading, at the destination airport and beyond. It offers three fares that balance transit time, service and cost. Full and partial charter service is available on any route. The company also does its own security checks.

In sea freight, it has offices at ports of departure and arrival. It ships full container loads and part loads, and carries capital goods, food, machinery and hazardous materials. It keeps close ties to major shipping lines and watches each shipment through the whole trip.

For road and rail, it uses lorries, short-sea shipping, trains or a mix. It offers train links to and from China along the new Silk Road. Its project logistics team plans heavy and complex moves, such as how to pack a 100 tonne module, with a global network of specialists.

The company also provides short and long term storage in large cities. One example is its Kelsterbach site near Frankfurt, which is 15 minutes from the airport.

It has separate divisions for the food, pharmaceutical, high-tech, petrochemical and automotive industries. The company also offers apprenticeships and work-study programmes in logistics.

Services

• Air freight
• Sea freight
• Road and rail transport
• Project logistics
• Warehousing and storage
• Customs clearance
• Global supply chain management
• Industry logistics solutions