Production Site Hamburg

Hamburg – a site with a long tradition of fuel expertise

Hamburg is a Haltermann Carless site rich in tradition with particular expertise for our global customers in the automotive industry. At this site we produce Reference Fuels, Test Fuels and Certification Fuels, which are used in the research and development of engines as well as for comparable industrial applications, e.g. in the construction of power tools.

With our ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory, we ensure our high quality standards and are strong partners to industry in the development of complex solutions for modern Fuels, high-purity Hydrocarbons, Pentanes and Middle Distillates.

Facts at a glance:

Site foundation: 1898
Production: Storage and blending facilities for liquid mineral oil products, 2 semi-automatic filling lines for industrial packaging, 6 filling stations for road tankers and rail tank cars, 1 jetty for seagoing and inland vessels, steam generation plant-operated with low-sulfur fuel oil, 10 kV transformers and 400 V switchgear to supply electrical power, 110 tanks (dedicated), 140 feed pumps, 130,000 m² industrial area with access to the Port of Hamburg
Production capacity: Production of up to 600 batches p.a. with up to 40,000 t/a by blending
Storage capacity: Control storage for 50,000 m3 of liquid mineral oil products (tank volumes from 10 m3 to 2,500 m3)
Logistics:Seaport Hamburg shipping pier, rail connection to the Hamburg port railway and DB Cargo, modern road connections to the port terminals and motorways for bulk and general cargo transport
Packing units: Sea and inland waterway vessels, tank wagons, tank trucks, iso-containers, IBC containers, 200-liter drums, cans
Laboratory: Sophisticatedly equipped laboratory facility to meet the diverse measurement and testing requirements of the automotive industry for mineral oil products
Certifications: ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO 14001 (Environment), ISO 50001 (Energy), ISO/IEC 17025 (Laboratory)
Operation: 10/5 single shift system
Workforce: around 100 employees, plus numerous external service providers
Portfolio: Test and Reference Fuels, high-purity Hydrocarbons, Solvents, Pentanes, Middle Distillates, synthetic components for Test Fuels, polar raw materials from renewable sources

Sustainable mobility with Test and Reference Fuels

Sustainable mobility goes far beyond the more efficient use of means of transport. It includes important climate protection criteria. Thus, sustainable mobility means a reduction of emissions, but also a lower consumption of resources. The development and testing of modern engines requires standardised Test and Reference fuels. They help to comply with emission limits in the further development of materials and lubricants in the automotive industry, but also in the construction of power tools for gardening and forestry.

With this comprehensive on-site service, we have obtained the important accreditation according to ISO/IEC 17025.

Set up in this way, we can carry out particularly fast and comprehensive quality testing and provide our customers with consistently high quality standards and the quality certificates that are crucial for the automotive industry.

We offer:

Density measurement,
Flash and aniline point,
Cold flow behavior (e.g. pour point, CFPP),
Distillation profiles,
Vapor pressure,
Tests for oxygenated molecules such as ketones.
Individual quality parameters possible.

Excursus: What does the CEC do?

CEC stands for Comité Européen de Coordination (European Committee for Coordination) and for the development of performance tests in the areas of fuels, lubricants and other transportation-related fluids.

CEC members are company representatives from lubricants, fuels, additives, automotive manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, independent laboratories and automotive fluid manufacturers. And in cooperation with:

ACEA: European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
ATIEL: Technical Association of the European Lubricant Industry
ATC: Technical Association of Petroleum Additive Manufacturers
CONCAWE: European body for the conservation of air and water

The Hamburg site has a direct connection to the Port of Hamburg - the gateway to the world. We are in the position to offer our customers the broad range of supply chain infrastructure:

Strategic location with direct connection to the Port of Hamburg
Own water jetty with a draught of approx. 9 m, suitable for barges and seagoing vessels up to 20,000 t for highly flammable resp. 30,000 t for flammable substances
6 loading areas for road and rail
Calibrated track scales
Calibrated platform scale for road tankers

Our packaging units are as diverse and individual as our transport options. We supply our customers by sea and inland waterways, tank wagons and tank trucks. We also offer our products in iso-containers, IBC-containers, 200-liter drums or cans.

Did you know….that our site in Hamburg is the cradle of one of our founding fathers?

1898: Johann Haltermann founded a company in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg, Germany, that refined raw tar from the Hamburg gas works.

1920s: Haltermann developed a benzene-based fuel for gasoline engines, which was marketed under the brand name "Ergin".

1950s: Production of mothballs made from naphthalene.

1960s: High-purity, certified reference fuels (n-heptane + i-octane) were produced with a new distillation unit.

1970: A distillation pilot plant was commissioned to allow pilot testing of custom distillation processes.

1990s: The plant was eventually converted into a blending and storage facility for the production and supply of specialty hydrocarbon liquids, petrochemical solvents, and test and reference fuels.

Learn more about our history rich in tradition!