On December 15, three containers with medical equipment and essential goods worth about 150,000 euros arrived from Hamburg to Odesa port by rail. The goods were purchased at the expense of the German company Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and donations from its employees. The aid was delivered through HHLA’s own European transport network and was intended for residents and medical facilities of the Odesa region, as well as other southern regions of Ukraine, including the de-occupied territories.
“We feel an obligation to provide humanitarian aid, given the suffering of the population of Ukraine due to the continuation of Russian aggression. Therefore, we intend to express our solidarity with the people of Odesa region by delivering essential goods and joined the humanitarian campaign with our professional skills or donations.” – said Angela Titzrat, head of the HHLA Executive Board.
“Since the first day of the war, the team of the Humanitarian Coordination Headquarters (HCO) of the Odesa region has been collecting information about the needs of the population and displaced persons. We organize transport and warehouse logistics, distribute humanitarian aid and monitor its use. To cover the needs, both domestic and international donors are involved. We are sincerely grateful to the HHLA company, which responded to our request and purchased medical and essential goods for the residents of our region,” commented Oleksiy Chornyi, head of the DKSH of the Odesa region.
“We are absolutely sure that thanks to the close cooperation of the management of all involved companies of the HHLA group with the Humanitarian Coordination Headquarters (HCO) of the Odesa region, the provided humanitarian aid will be delivered to where it is most needed. This is only the first batch of aid, but we plan further cooperation regarding the delivery of humanitarian cargo,” said Svitlana Yarova, Hamburg-Ambassador, vice-president of the State Enterprise “Odesa Container Terminal”.
Certificate. Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is one of the leading logistics companies in Europe. With an extensive network of seaport terminals in Hamburg, Odesa, Tallinn and Trieste, excellent domestic connections and connections to intermodal hubs in Central and Eastern Europe, HHLA is the logistics and digital hub for the transport flows of the future. The company’s business model is based on innovative technologies and sustainable development. HHLA is the parent company of SE “Container Terminal Odesa” – the largest container terminal of Ukraine, which has been operating on the territory of the Odesa port since 2001.
