The Port of Hamburg is conveniently located between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. It is easy to access from the North Sea via the Elbe River. Only about 115 kilometres or 70 sea miles separate the city from the river mouth. The Kiel Canal connects the port to Scandinavia and the whole Baltic Sea region. The Elbeseitenkanal and the Midland Canal provide connections to the hinterland. Furthermore, the Elbe-Lübeck Canal provides an inland waterway from Hamburg to the Baltic Sea.
Hamburg – a Universal Port
The Port of Hamburg is an all-round port. It can handle every kind of goods.Along with its container terminals, the port has multi-purpose...
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The Elbe River
The Elbe River flows 1,165 km from its source to the North Sea. The mouth of the river has a breadth of about 15 km.
About 870 km of the...
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Geographic Position
The Port of Hamburg is located the farthest east of the German North Sea ports, giving it an advantageous position in Central Europe.
The...
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The Port as an Economic Factor
The port has always been extremely important for ocean shipping. It is not only the largest German seaport, but also the second largest...
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Records in the Port of Hamburg
With its size and high volumes of cargo, the Port of Hamburg has set a number of records:
The Port of Hamburg is:
the largest German...
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Ebb and Flow
The North Sea and the Elbe River are tidal waters. The water level rises for six hours from its lowest level, low tide, to its highest...
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The history of Hamburg Port
From the charter to the Hanse and Germany’s largest seaport
A small harbour was first mentioned in the 9th century – Hamburg, a town with...
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The Port of Hamburg has reason to look to the future with optimism. At 32.8 million tons, total seaborne cargo throughput for the first...
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The port covers an area of 7,399 hectares, of which 4,331 hectares are land area. An area of 919 hectares is planned for port expansion. The urban area covers 755 square kilometres.
“Loco” refers to the part of the cargo traffic that has its destination in the area around the port. It is not transported to the hinterland.
In addition to container handling, a universal port is geared to all forms of non-containerised cargo like project cargo, suction cargo, liquid cargo, grab cargo and bulk cargo.
In 1956, the American freight forwarder Malcolm McLean first transported goods in steel boxes by lorries and ships.
