Hamburg port container traffic with Denmark
Hamburg port container traffic with Denmark stood at 188.8 thousand TEU in 2025. It is one of the indicators in the Port of Hamburg table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2025 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Port of Hamburg table
| Indicator | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Containers by partner country | ||
| Denmark | 188.8 | |
| China | 2,317.7 |
Understanding hamburg port container traffic with Denmark
Seaborne container movements carried on water routes linking Hamburg quays with Danish port facilities define this count. Expressed in thousand TEU, the total includes loaded commercial freight containers and empty equipment repositioned by shipping lines. It measures container traffic handled across maritime berths on short-sea routes and coastal feeder links. Sibling partner rows capture container handlings with alternative international economies, while this metric isolates waterborne exchanges with Danish ports. Importantly, because Denmark shares a land border with Germany, this series excludes all overland container traffic moving across border checkpoints by motorway trucking or freight train.
Annual aggregation removes seasonal operational noise associated with regional agricultural harvests, coastal weather interruptions, and holiday factory schedules. A year-on-year perspective provides the most accurate view of feeder vessel network allocation and coastal maritime routing strategies. Readers must avoid using this series as an index of overall bilateral trade. Because the vast majority of freight exchanged between the two neighboring countries moves overland via highway trucks or rail corridors, variations in waterborne container traffic reflect carrier feeder decisions and coastal logistics preferences rather than the broader pace of bilateral economic activity.
Frequently asked questions
- Are overland truck or rail container shipments between Denmark and Germany recorded here?
- No, the series compiles only containers transferred across port quaysides by water, omitting all terrestrial cross-border transport.
- What types of container movements are captured in this series?
- It includes both short-sea bilateral cargo and ocean feeder containers transferred between local Danish ports and deep-sea services calling at Hamburg.
- Does the series separate empty container movements from loaded freight?
- No, both full export-import containers and empty repositioned units are aggregated into the thousand TEU total.