Port de Hambourg

He is an open Tidehafen on the lower Elbe in the open air. Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the largest seaport in Germany u. after Rotterdam and Antwerp, the third largest in Europe (as of 2016). Based on standard container turnover figures from 2012, it was the second largest in Europe and the second only to Rotterdam with 4 container terminals. the fourteenth largest of the earth. In 2015 he was the third largest in Europe after Rotterdam u. Antwerp.
Shipping routes link it to more than 900 ports in over 170 countries. 2008 was the year with the largest ever goods handling volume: 140.4 million tons of goods, thereof 95.1 million tons in containers, which corresponded to 9.73 million standard containers. The rest accounted for piece u. Bulk. In the crisis year of 2009, the total turnover fell by 21% u. container handling by 28%. Turnover in 2014 again exceeded that of 2008 in 2014. In 2015, bulk cargo turnover increased by 5.8% to 45.5 million tonnes, while container throughput fell by 9.3% to 8.82 million TEU, the total Shipment of seaborne goods dropped by 5.4% to 137.8 million tonnes. As a result of the 13.8% increase in hinterland traffic for inland waterway vessels to 12.4 million tonnes, Hamburg's seaport became the second largest inland shipping port in Germany in 2015. Around 130,000 TEU were handled in this segment (+ 27.5% compared to the previous year).
In addition to the goods handling goods are stored in the Port of Hamburg u. commercially processed. He is a location of the mineral oil industry. Of the approximately 1.2 million t of imported green coffee per year, the largest part is stored here and there. refined. Shipbuilding at the Hamburg shipyards has fallen sharply since the 1960s. The harbor is a tourist attraction; from the north bank of the Elbe you have in many places a good view of him. Since about 2006, more and more cruise ships are docking at the port.
The origins of the port are in the 9th century. However, the foundation date is due to an imperial charter on May 7, 1189, which is celebrated every year with a multi-day port birthday. From the middle of the 19th century he was with numerous docks u. Quays extended to its present size. Since the 1970s, he experiences a massive restructuring in the land use u. Due to the increasing use of containers in commercial shipping u. in the working world. The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) manages the port. It is a public institution (AöR) u. Owner of most of the harbor properties.
Source: Wikipedia
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