Initial situation:
The order included the on-carriage of 53 containers with "white goods" from the Port of Hamburg to various warehouses in Germany.
Due to a delay of several days caused by the shipping company, the containers arrived at a LOT in the port of Hamburg just before the scheduled delivery date of the consignee, which was planned for Monday or at the very latest Tuesday.
The ETA of the ship was indicated for the night from Wednesday to Thursday. However, the planned takeover of the containers could not take place as scheduled, because due to a storm the port operations had to be stopped the whole Thursday. Only in the night to Friday the unloading operation could be continued when the weather calmed down.
Due to the fact that all containers were on a bill of lading, loading units that had already been discharged could not be taken over at the terminal without further ado, as customs clearance is only considered complete when the entire discharge process for the bill of lading has been completed.
Because of these circumstances the takeover of the containers was constantly delayed.