Hamburg Cruise Center Altona

After almost 3 years of preparatory planning and active construction Hamburg’s First Mayor, Olaf Scholz, inaugurated the Hamburg Cruise Center Altona.

Responsible Consortium:	Fischereihafenentwicklungsgesellschaft (FEG), established January 2008
Start of Construction:	Autumn 2008
End of Construction:	Autumn 2009 - berth / April 2011 - terminal
Gross Floor Space:	2.000 m² on one floor (useful area total appr. 3.100m²)
Parking Space:	200 for short time car-parking 15 bus spaces Taxi row Next to the Cruise Center Altona a parking garage with 380places is expected in July 2011. More information about car parking http://www.opg-os.de/module/view/Cities.aspx?CityID=1
Berth:	One berth with a quay length of 360m for ships up to 300m, water depth: 12m/NN, plus integrated passenger boarding bridge
Transport:	Bus stop Fährterminal with bus #383 from Altona and Bus stop Elbberg with bus #112 from central station, ferry quay Dockland (Line 62)
Surrounding area:	Explore the region around the Hamburg Cruise Center Altona, the famous Elbmeile

The terminal building’s architecture is of the highest quality, fitting perfectly into Altona’s so-called ‘string of pearls’. The key task when designing the outdoor areas was to achieve a balance between the logistics and security requirements of a modern passenger processing operation with the quality demands of a public urban development project.