Port of Hamburg,Germany

The Port of Hamburg is one of the largest and most important sea ports in the world.Here are some impressive figures and fascinating data about the size of the port, cargo handling, traffic.


Characteristics    

• The port's surface area is 7200 hectares, which equals a tenth of the area of Hamburg.
• Way out in front: in comparison with other European ports, Hamburg is placed third when it comes to sea cargo handling and second in container handling.
• At the same time, Hamburg's Port is the third largest of Germany's inland ports.
• The Port of Hamburg is the largest railway port in Europe.

 

• The port area includes a total road network of 140 km.
• The Port of Hamburg also owns 304 km of railway and 880 points.
• Over 130 bridges connect Hamburg's Port with the Elbe islands, in addition to which there are miscellaneous pontoon bridges.
   

Performance

• Around 10,000 ships a year use the Port of Hamburg.
• In 2011, the total cargo handled in the Port of Hamburg was 132.2 million tonnes.
• More than 200 freight trains with 5000 trucks a day make Hamburg Europe's largest railway port and the world's second largest.

• Europe's biggest import port for coffee.
• Europe's biggest market place for pharmaceutical raw materials.
• The largest carpet trading and storage centre in the world.
• One of the largest paper trans-shipment centres in the world.
• One of the leading trans-shipment centres in the world for tea, cocoa, coffee and spices.

Source-Hamburg port official website