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Handling of 14,500 TEU
Loading / unloading of a mega-ship of the 20,000-TEU class
Transhipment 5,410 TEU
Hinterland Handling 9,090 TEU
Hinterland Handling 9,090 TEU
HINTERLAND ■
Transhipment 5,410 TEU
4 Feeder-
Finland, Scandinavia, Russia, Great Britain, Baltic States, Poland
ships
5,410 TEU
Pre- and on-carriage within the North Sea/Baltic regions, mainly through the Kiel Canal. The figures given serve as a guide and are not binding.
47 Container
Germany, Austria, Czechia, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary
block-trains
3,845 TEU
Pre- and on-carriage within Germany and Europe as far as China
2 Inland water- Berlin, Saxony,
Lower Saxony, Ruhr Region
way vessels
190 TEU
Pre- and on-carriage within Germany as far as Czechia along the Lower Elbe, Middle/Upper Elbe, Elbe Lateral Canal and Mittelland Canal
3,159 Trucks 5,055 TEU
Pre- and on-carriage within Germany and Europe
Germany, Hamburg Metropolitan Region, Europe
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The Kiel Canal represents a decisive locational advantage for the Port of Hamburg and German seaports on the North Sea in competition with ports located farther West. Using the Canal,
for example, the distance advantage from Hamburg to Gdan´ sk in Poland is 437 nautical miles, compared to the 874 nautical miles around Skagen, the Northern tip of Denmark.
For distances over 300 kilometres, on many routes the system advantages of rail as a carrier especially prevail over trucking and inland waterway craft.
On environmental friendliness, rail is way out ahead: Just one freight train can replace around 50 truck runs.
©luftbild.fotograf.de/Martin Elsen