In 2008 the CTA terminal in Hamburg, owned and operated by HHLA Logistics, became the first terminal in the world to be successfully certified against the Container Terminal Quality Indicator Standard.

Pictured standing on the roof of the administration building of the terminal were (L-R) Heinrich Goller, Managing Director of HHLA Container-Terminal Altenwerder GmbH; Kieran Ring, CEO of the Global Institute of Logistics; Bernhard Staender, Managing Director Germanischen Lloyd Certification GmbH
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