Port of Hamburg
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The Port of Hamburg (German mostly: Hamburger Hafen) is a seaport and deep water harbour in Hamburg, Germany, off the North Sea, on the river Elbe.
It is named Germany's "Gateway to the World" and is the largest port in Germany.It is the third-largest port of Europe (after the port of Rotterdam and the port of Antwerp),in terms of numbers of containers handled in 2004, it is the second-largest in Europe[1] and ninth-largest worldwide. 9.8 million containers were handled in Hamburg in 2007, a ten percent increase on 2006.[1]
The harbour covers an area of 73.99 km² (64.80 km² usable), of which 43.31 km² (34.12 km²) are land areas. The location is naturally advantaged by a branching Elbe, creating an ideal place for a port complex with warehousing and transshipment facilities. The extensive free port also enables toll-free shipping.
Since the harbour is located in a distance of 110 kilometres from the mouth of the Elbe, some ships at times have difficulties accessing the port. Deepening of the river Elbe in response is very controversial for ecological reasons. In part due to cooperation with Lower Saxony and Bremen to build a new container port (JadeWeserPort) in the deep waters of Jadebusen in Wilhelmshaven, Hamburg withdrew from this plan after a change of government in 2001.
A new city quarter named HafenCity is under construction north of the harbour.
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[edit] History
The history of the port is almost as old as the history of Hamburg herself. Founded on May 7th, 1189 by Frederick I for its strategic location, it has been Central Europe's main port for centuries and enabled Hamburg to develop early into a leading city of trade and a rich and proud bourgeoisie.
During the age of the Hanseatic League in the 13th to 17th century, Hamburg was considered second only to port and city of Lübeck, in terms of its position as a central trading node for sea-borne trade.
During the second half of the 19th century, Hamburg became Central Europe's main hub for transatlantic passenger and freight travel, and from 1871 onward, it was Germany's principal port of trade. The Hamburg America Line was at her time the largest shipping company in the world. The Free Port, established in on October 15th, 1888 enabled traders to ship and store goods without going through customs and further enhanced Hamburg's position in sea trade with neighboring countries. The Moldauhafen has a similar arrangement only that it is related to the Czech Republic exclusively.
The Speicherstadt, one of Hamburg's architectural icons today, is a large wharf area of 350.000 m² floor area on the northern shore of the river built in the 1880s as part of the free port and to cope with the growing amounts of stored goods in the port.
Hamburg shipyards lost fleets twice after WWI and WWII and after the division of Germany between 1945 to 1990, the Port of Hamburg lost most of its hinterland and consequently many of its trading connections. However, since German reunification, the fall of the Iron curtain and European enlargement, Hamburg is substantially making ground as one of Europe's prime logistic centers and as one of the world's busiest and largest sea ports.
[edit] Terminals
| Port | Operator | Type | Berths | Quay length | Quay cranes | Area (Ha) | Capacity (kTEU) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) | HHLA | Container | 4 | 1.400 m | 26 | 110 | > 3.000 [2] |
| Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) | HHLA | Container | 8 | 2.850 m | 22 | 140 | 5.200 [3] |
| Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT) | HHLA | Container | 4 | 1.000 m | 8 | 40 | 950 [4] |
| Buss Hansa Terminal | Multi-Pupose | 840 m | 9 | 30 | |||
| Buss Ross Terminal | Multi-Pupose | 230 m | 1 | ||||
| Steinweg | bulk cargo | 1.150 m | 4 | 250 | |||
| Buss Hansa Terminal | liquid cargo | 840 m | |||||
| Elbe Mineralölwerke | Royal Dutch Shell | liquid cargo | 8/ship | ||||
| Vopak Terminal Hamburg | Vopak | liquid cargo | 840 m | 9 | 720,000 cbm | 5.000 | |
| Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg (CTH) | Eurogate | Container | 6 | 2.050 m | 21 | 140 | 2.900 [5] |
[edit] Cruise
Hamburg is a major cruise destination but also a major location for shipbuilder and shipyards.
[edit] Culture
The Port of Hamburg is also one of Hamburg's largest attractions, both as a living, industrial and logistic center but also as a backdrop for modern culture and the ports history. Among these are various museum ships, musical theaters, bars, restaurants and hotels - and even a floating boat church[6].
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Van Marle, Gavin (2008-01-31). "Europe Terminals stretched to limit". Lloyds List Daily Commercial News: pp. 8-9.
- ^ http://www.hhla.de/Technical-Data.655.0.html?&no_cache=1&L=1
- ^ http://www.hhla.de/TECHNICAL-DATA.113.0.html?&no_cache=1&L=1
- ^ http://www.hhla.de/TECHNICAL-DATA.657.0.html?&no_cache=1&L=1
- ^ http://www.hafen-hamburg.de/content/view/13/13/lang,en/
- ^ http://www.flussschifferkirche.de/home.html
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Port of Hamburg |
- Port of Hamburg Website
- Hamburg Chamber of Commerce Port of Hamburg: Facts, figures, and outlook
- HafenCity Website
- The Elbe Philharmonic Hall Currently under construction in the HafenCity
- Arts in the HafenCity
