Port guide · UN/LOCODE DE HAM
Hamburg, Germany
Germany · 53.55° N, 9.93° E
The World Port Index classes Hamburg as a canal or lake port reached from the North Sea. It records a channel depth of 9.4 m and a cargo pier depth of 6.4 m. Norfolk is 6,570 km away in a straight line.
- Channel depth
- 9.4 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 6.4 m
- From Norfolk
- 6,570 kmGreat-circle distance
- Nearest port guide
- Brunsbuttel Elbahafen60 km away
Depths and vessel limits
- Channel depth
- 9.4 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 6.4 m
- Oil terminal depth
- 3.4 m
- Tidal range
- 3 m
As recorded in the World Port Index. Gauges run from 0 to 25 m. Confirm current depths and limits with the port before you fix a vessel.
Facilities on record
Arrival and entry
Hamburg is listed as a first port of entry. Pilotage is compulsory.
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Pilotage compulsory
- Yes
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Arrival notice (ETA message) required
- Yes
- Shelter afforded
- Excellent
- Entrance restricted by tide
- Yes
- Entrance restricted by swell
- No
- Entrance restricted by ice
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Cargo handling
The heaviest lift class recorded is 100 tons and over.
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 tons and over
- Yes
- Lifts of 50 to 100 tons
- Yes
- Lifts of 25 to 49 tons
- Yes
- Lifts up to 24 tons
- Yes
- Longshore labor
- Yes
- Railway
- Large
Services and supplies
Repair capability is rated major.
- Repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel oil
- Yes
- Potable water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck supplies
- Yes
- Engine supplies
- Yes
- Shore electricity
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
- Garbage disposal
- Yes
- Dirty ballast disposal
- Yes
- Airport
- Yes
US trade with Germany
- US exports, 2025
- $82.8BLed by aircraft and spacecraft
- US imports, 2025
- $155.8BLed by machinery and mechanical appliances
Other ports in Germany
The nearest is Brunsbuttel Elbahafen, 60 km away in a straight line.
- BremenCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 7.9 mDE BRE
- BremerhavenCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 11 mDE BRV
- Brunsbuttel ElbahafenCargo pier 12.5 m, channel 12.5 mDE BRB
- CuxhavenCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 14 mDE CUX
- EckernfordeCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 6.4 m, breakbulkDE ECK
- EmdenCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 7.9 mDE EME
- FlensburgCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 4.9 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkDE FLF
- HeiligenhafenCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 5 m, breakbulk and bulkDE HHF
- KappelnCargo pier 1.8 m, channel 1.8 mDE KAP
- KielCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 11 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkDE KEL
- LeerCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 3.4 mDE LEE
- LubeckCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 7.9 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkDE LBC
- NordenhamCargo pier 12.5 m, channel 11 mDE NHA
- RostockCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 7.9 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkDE RSK
- SassnitzCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 9.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkDE SAS
- StralsundCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 3.4 m, breakbulk and bulkDE STL
- WilhelmshavenCargo pier 11 m, channel 20.1 mDE WVN
- WismarCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 9.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkDE WIS
Sources
- US trade figures: US Census Bureau, International Trade API, HS2 total exports and general imports for calendar 2024 and 2025, retrieved November 4, 2026.
- Port data: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, World Port Index (Pub 150), from NGA's UpdatedPub150.csv as captured by the Internet Archive on September 29, 2026.
- Distances are great-circle distances computed from World Port Index coordinates, not sailing distances.
- Map: Natural Earth 1:110m land, public domain.