The Port of Hamburg is a seaport on the river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany, 110 kilometres (68 mi) from its mouth on the North Sea.
Landungsbrücken ("Jetties"), in St. Pauli quarter
Satellite image of Hamburg. The Port of Hamburg stretches along the Southern shore of the River Elbe which branches into numerous natural river arms.
Container Terminal Altenwerder
View of historic Speicherstadt warehouses in 2022
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Hamburg, Manchester and Duluth; these access the sea via rivers or canals. Because of their roles as ports of entry for immigrants as well as soldiers in wartime, many port cities have experienced dramatic multi-ethnic and multicultural changes throughout their histories.
The Port of New York and New Jersey grew from the original harbor at the convergence of the Hudson River and the East River at the Upper New York Bay.
An Evergreen ship loading at Container Terminal Altenwerder, port of Hamburg, Germany
Izola Marina, Slovenia
A ship pumping bilge water into a harbor
