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Port of Hamburg cargo, container throughput and hinterland transport

Name: Port of Hamburg cargo, container throughput and hinterland transport
Creator: Hafen Hamburg Marketing (HHM)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Germany's largest seaport in full: seaborne cargo by direction and by general and bulk segment, container throughput with the trade regions and partner countries behind it, the split between hinterland traffic and transshipment and the share carried by rail, road and barge, the volumes moved by the port railway and by inland waterway, and the ships calling by type and gross tonnage.

Source: Hafen Hamburg Marketing (HHM)Last updated: Sep 22, 2026, 20:47Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989
Seaborne cargo1
Total seaborne cargo4
Imports	68.2	64.1	65.6	69.5	73.8	70.1	78.4	79.7	78.4	79.1	77.2	81.1	77.9	73.9	76.2	70.4	62.2	82.1	82.5	78.8	73	67.6	63.5	58.3	55.7	50.1	49.2	47	48.3	44.1	44.5	41.8	42.1	42	42.8	39.4	36.9
Exports	46.4	47.7	48.6	50.4	54.9	56.1	58.2	55.4	58	59.1	60.7	64.5	61.2	57.1	56	50.8	48.2	58.3	57.9	56	52.9	46.8	42.7	39.4	36.6	35	31.8	28.8	28.4	27.1	27.6	26.5	23.7	23.1	22.7	21.9	21
General cargo2
Imports	43.7	39.7	38.8	42.4	44.1	42.2	46.1	45.8	45.3	45.6	44.7	49.9	46.8	44.3	46.1	40.4	36.8	50.2	51	46.6	43.1	38	33.4	29.8	26.2	24.1	21.7	20.1	19.5	18.4	17.7	17.2	15.7	15	14.8	13.5	11.8
Exports	38.5	39	39.3	41.3	44.8	45.6	49.2	45.2	46.4	47.6	47.6	52.7	50	47.2	46.5	40.5	36.8	47.7	47.7	45.5	42.7	38.6	33.5	30.3	26.9	24.6	22	19.8	20.5	18.6	18.2	17.8	16.6	15.2	15.2	15	14
Bulk cargo2
Imports	24.6	24.4	26.9	27.2	29.7	28	32.3	34	33.1	33.4	32.5	31.2	31.1	29.5	30.1	30	25.5	31.8	31.5	32.2	29.8	29.6	30.1	28.4	29.5	26	27.4	26.9	28.8	25.7	26.8	24.6	26.5	27	28	25.9	25.1
Exports	7.9	8.7	9.3	9	10.1	10.5	9	10.2	11.6	11.5	13.4	11.8	11.2	9.9	9.5	10.3	11.3	10.6	10.2	10.5	10.1	8.2	9.3	9.1	9.7	10.4	9.8	9	7.9	8.4	9.4	8.7	7.1	7.9	7.5	6.9	7
Container throughput1
Container throughput	8.3	7.8	7.7	8.3	8.7	8.5	9.3	8.7	8.8	8.9	8.8	9.7	9.3	8.9	9	7.9	7	9.7	9.9	8.9	8.1	7	6.1	5.4	4.7	4.3	3.7	3.6	3.3	3.1	2.9	2.7	2.5	2.3	2.2
Containers by trade region8
Northeast Asia	2.6
Southeast Asia	0.9
Rest of Asia	0.7
Baltic Sea	1.5
Rest of Europe	0.9
North America	0.7
South America	0.7
Other regions	0.3
Containers by partner country10
China	2,317.7
United States	509.7
Singapore	439.7
Poland	364.6
Malaysia	354.2
India	290.5
Sweden	286.8
Finland	270.1
United Kingdom	228.7
Denmark	188.8
Hinterland, transshipment and modal split4
Container traffic2
Hinterland traffic	5.2
Transshipment	3.1
Modal share based on TEU3
Rail	49.4
Truck	48.6
Inland waterway	1.9
Cargo traffic2
Hinterland traffic	81.9
Transshipment	32.8
Modal share based on tonnes3
Rail	54.2
Truck	38.5
Inland waterway	7.3
Port railway2
Containers carried by port railway	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.7	2.8	2.6	2.7	2.4
Cargo carried by port railway	44.4	46.2	45.6	47.3	48.5	46.6	48.2	49.7
Inland waterway1
Containers carried by inland waterway	101.1	83.5	123	117.1	122.6	155.1	145.1	128.4
Vessel calls and gross tonnage2
Vessel calls7
Container ships	3,286	3,161
General cargo ships	1,261	1,424
Tankers	1,040	981
Bulk carriers	371	372
RoRo ships and ferries	319	309
Cruise ships	291	265
Other vessels	0	2
Gross tonnage7
Container ships	196,651	164,773
General cargo ships	5,050	6,020
Tankers	9,174	9,348
Bulk carriers	15,495	14,750
RoRo ships and ferries	10,916	10,537
Cruise ships	27,201	25,452
Other vessels	0	45

Latest reading

Imports stood at 68.2 Million tonnes in 2025. That is +6.4% from 2024. The series on this page is annual and runs from 1989 to 2025. Source: Hafen Hamburg Marketing (HHM).

Latest: 68.2 Million tonnes; 2025
vs previous period: +6.4%; 2024