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Organisisation

Deutsche Seemannsmission Hamburg-Harburg e.V.
support of seafarer’s dignity

Opening

13. August 1986 · New: December 1995 · Wintergarden: December 2003 · Office M: 2015

Service

• Schuttleservice between all terminals and vessels in the harbour to the club and back
• Clubroom with a counter where you can get beer and coffee, small shop selling SIM cards (Please bring your original Passport!) and most necessary items for daily use
• Cheap global telephone calls, Skype, chat possibilities
• Free WIFI
• Money exchange, mail service and international money transfer (Please bring your original passport, no Xerox or Seamansbook allowed!)
• Advice, pastoral care, emotional first aid and trauma support
• Room of silence (prayer room) for all major religions
• Ship visitings (day trips on request)
• Consultation hour with the port's doctor (HPHC) – free and private
• Multifunctional hall that can be divided, for international holidays, religious celebrations and disco, usable as pool-, tabletennis-, tablefootball- or dartroom. A Nintendo Wii is available, too. The room can be used as a conference venue for visitor groups which are linked to seafaring, the port or the church
• International libary in the winter garden with the latest international newspapers
• Mediaroom with satellite TV, videos and DVDs in different languages and a karaoke machine
• Garden, small sports field for basketball and football, BBQ area and frog pond
• Clothing store (donated clothes in good condition)

Visitors

• Seafarers (89%) from ships in port, their friends and families
• During 2019 an average 90 guests from 185 nations visited us daily
• Since opening, over 1.000.000 guests from 185 countries have visited us
• The largest visitor shares: Filipinos (47%), Indians, Chinese, Ukranians and Russians

Opening hours

Daily from 10.00-22.30 Uhr

Environmental protection

• Green energy
• Rainwater utilisation system
• Warmwater production with solar
• All vehicles are powered with environmentally friendly natural gas
• Waste avoidance through deposit bottles and consistent garbage separation
• Certified by the Quality Association of Environmentally Conscious Companies (QUB) since 2012
• Environmental partner of the FHH since 2012

Permanent employees

Financing through

• HPA (Hamburg Port Authority)
• Voluntary Shipping Lines’ Port Contributions
• Private Donations: DSM HH-Harburg e.V. bei der Evangelischen Bank eGIBAN: DE37520604100006407935BIC: GENODEF1EK1
• Contributions from Seafarers
• Contributions from the Northchurch
• Contributions from the ITF SeafarersTrust
• Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
• Federal Office for Family and Civil Society