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Handling annual throughput of 126 million tons, the Port of Hamburg is the largest German universal port. Container throughput has reached almost 8.5 million TEU, or 20-ft standard containers. Hamburg?s facilities can clear ships of all types and handle goods of almost all categories.
27 maj 2024 · For over eight centuries, the Port of Hamburg has stood as a testament to Germany‘s rich maritime history and its pivotal role in global trade. As a historian, I find myself captivated by the port‘s enduring legacy and its ability to adapt to the ever-changing tides of history.
The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG), known in English as the Hamburg America Line, was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg, in 1847.
30 wrz 2019 · The hinterland of the port in Eastern Europe was cut off. The founding of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1957 with its focus on the Rhine-Ruhr area further seemed to marginalize Hamburg. These developments were quickly perceived as a greater disaster than the physical destruction.
30 wrz 2019 · This article examines the strategies developed by the political and economic leaders in Hamburg in the late 1940s and 1950s for dealing with processes they had no control over and could not directly influence.
Discover some of the best historic sites in Hamburg, Germany - from its famous port to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the world’s largest warehouse complex at Speicherstadt.
The port is almost as old as the history of Hamburg itself. Founded on 7 May 1189 by Frederick I at a strategic location near the mouth of the Elbe, it has been Central Europe's main port for centuries and enabled Hamburg to develop early into a leading city of trade with a rich and proud bourgeoisie.
