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The Port of Hamburg is a German sea port, located on the river Elbe in Hamburg, some 110 kilometres from the mouth of the Elbe into the North Sea.It is Germany's largest port and is named the country's "Gateway to the World" . In terms of TEU throughput, Port of Hamburg is the second-busiest port in Europe and 15th-largest worldwide. In 2014, 9.73 million TEUs were handled in Hamburg.The harbour covers an area of 73.99 km², of which 43.31 km² are land areas. The location is naturally advantaged by a branching Elbe, creating an ideal place for a port complex with warehousing and transshipment facilities. The extensive free port enabled toll-free storing, but this was abandoned in 2013.
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