中文簡介：FUEL:ALL GRADES AVAILABLE DRY DOCKS:NUMEROUS FLOATING DOCKS UP TO 52,000 TONS, GRAVING DOCK CAPACITY 320,000 D.W.T. 德國大商港。位於該國北部易北河下游。北距河口約100餘公里，臨北海，吃水10米的船隻可自由出入，10萬噸級海輪可候潮出入。距鹿特丹港310海里，至安特衛普港383海里。至勒阿弗爾港467海里，至直布羅陀1622海里，後方與內陸河運網連線，交通極為便利。港區分布在城市西南鐵路橋下游的易北河兩側敞開的港池岸，有大小港池約30個，主要港區和港池有南易北河河口之西、易北河南岸的瓦爾特斯豪夫港區，包括瓦爾特斯豪夫、格里申韋爾德爾、石油港池、以及科爾弗利特港池，以裝卸石油、木材、散貨、貨櫃為主，易北河南岸以庫赫韋爾德爾港池、開塞爾威廉港池、羅斯港池和奧德港池為核心的西港區和以西南港池、印度港池和漢薩港池為核心的東港區均以遠洋、近海班輪為主。雷特港區在西港區以南，包括諾伊霍夫港池、卡特威克港池、布魯門森德港池、紐霍夫爾運河、漢莎港池等，以供糧食、食油、鉀肥、礦石、原油及煤等散貨裝卸區。哈爾堡港區有南易北河以南的1－4號港池，亦供石油、煤、礦石裝卸之用。北易北河北岸港區有巴背港池、格拉斯布魯克等港池。全港約有泊位300餘個，其中可供吃水10－13米油輪停靠的碼頭10處，25個泊位，供吃水11－14米、裝載煤、礦石等船隻停靠的碼頭9處、10多個泊位；供吃水11－13米散裝穀物船裝卸的碼頭5處；貨櫃碼頭6處、28個泊位。碼頭線7.7公里，水深10－14米。漢堡是德國同向世界的海上門戶，有300多條航線與世界1100多個港口保持聯繫；港內有16平方公里的自由港區，也吸引北歐、波羅的海沿岸國家來此中轉貨物。
英文簡介：The Port of Hamburg is a deep water harbor off the North Sea on the Elbe River in Germany. Calling itself Germany's "Gateway to the World," the Port of Hamburg is the largest port in Germany, the second-largest in Europe, and ninth-largest in the world.
Port History
Hamburg was born in attempts to fight of invading Vikings in about 825 AD with the building of a moated castle called the Hammaburg. Trading businesses were established in the early 1100s. In 1189, the emperor Frederick I Barbarossa granted a charter authorizing special trade and navigation privileges. In 1662, a shipping convoy system was started, and Hamburg's merchants were the first to be escorted by men-of-war on the high seas.
As the Port of Hamburg entered the 20th Century, it built docks and wharves on the Elbe to assure its position as Germany's Gateway to the World. But World War I stopped all progress. It had to give almost all its ships to the Allies as reparation from Germany after the end of WWI. Absorbing nearby Altona, Harburg, and Wandsbek in 1937 made Hamburg Germany's major industrial city.
Port Commerce
More than 15,000 ships from over 100 countries visit the Port of Hamburg every year. Its roofed warehouse and container terminal are the largest of their kind in Europe. Today, the Port of Hamburg ranks second to only to Rotterdam in Europe. It's the 9th busiest port in the world, with shipments of 134 million tons of goods in 2007. When Germany was reunified, it became the fastest growing port in Europe.
Cruising and Travel
People don抰 usually think of Germany's principal port as a tourist magnet, but it has many parks, lakes, and tree-lined canals. About 8 million visitors come to the Port of Hamburg every year, and the Port of Hamburg is Germany's fastest-growing tourism location.
