Hamburg Port

The Port of Hamburg has a history of over 800 years. After the completion of Hamburg Metro in 1188, the first port facilities were built in the Nicola waterway. The port of Hamburg becomes Germany’s largest harbor with a total area of 87 square kilometers, 60 ports and 310 offshore berths. There is a free port with an area of about 16 square kilometers in the port area. The goods are loaded and unloaded here, and there is no need to go through customs formalities in advance. The port of Hamburg is located in Western Europe, the Scandinavia Peninsula, between the Baltic Sea area and Middle East Europe, with a total area of about 8700 hectares, of which the water surface area is 3069 hectares. So Hamburg Port plays a leading role in the international transit transport. As the largest port in Germany, Hamburg is the top operation center next to Rotterdam in Europe. It is one of the world’s largest ports with multiple transportation modes. In 2001, Hamburg port entered the ranks of the world’s top ten container terminals. The port area takes up the 1/7th of the city area. Hamburg has 310 berths; free port is the core of the port. About 1.2 million seagoing vessels arrive and depart from the port each year, 140,000 people are engaged in work related to the port. Hamburg plays a leading role in the international transit transportation. In May 2002, the most modern container terminal was put into use in Al Tun Weiss. According to the latest statistics since 1992, Mainland China is the most important trading partner of Hamburg Port. No doubt Hamburg Port has set up a bridge of economy and trade between China and Central European countries.

Address: Bei den St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken, 20359 Hamburg