HHLA handles the world's largest ship propeller in Hamburg

Photo: HHLA

The company's floating crane HHLA IV, able to lift up to 200t, has been used to transport the 110t-heavy object on-board the Hyundai Supreme container ship.

The 10.5 m in diameter propeller was manufactured by Mecklenburger Metallguss at its site in Waren an der Müritz, located in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

It was transported to Hamburg by road and stored at the Hachmannkai quay close to the HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort.

The propeller was then moved by the HHLA IV onto its platform and brought to the Waltershof Harbour, where it was finally, centimetre by centimetre, stowed in Hyundai Supreme's hold.

The propeller is currently on its way to the Port of Busan in South Korea. Once there, it will be transported to the shipyard of the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and fitted into one of MSC's 23,000 TEU-big newbuilds.