A large number of ship chandlers and suppliers are concentrated in Hamburg: about 90 companies are based there.

Launches, excursions, and charter trips provide opportunities to get a first-hand experience of the port.

The Hamburg Port Authority is responsible for keeping landside and seaside traffic in the port functioning smoothly.

90 employees, 17 mooring tugs, and 20 winch trucks are at work mooring vessels around the clock. Their job is to moor vessels quickly and securely to bollards and piles.

Around 20 tugboats are available in the Port of Hamburg. They help seagoing ships manoeuvre and dock.

A variety of firms provide bunker services in the Port of Hamburg.

The Hamburg Ships Reporting Service provides information about ships’ arrivals and departures.

The Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie in Hamburg is a federal government service that works as a partner to business, environmental organizations, and science.

Germanic Lloyd, the market leader for classification of container tonnage, is headquartered in Hamburg.

The Hamburg Port Health Center (GL) provides counselling and care for sailors with health problems.

Port shipping companies are responsible for traffic within the Port of Hamburg.

Hamburg is an important site for shipbuilding.

Pilots are navigational offices who know the pilotage area well and can advise the ship’s officers sailing into estuaries or ports.