24T22 A look at Hamburg port-harbour (T18)

24T22 A look at Hamburg port-harbour (T18)

By HL fotoeins on 29 May 2024

E21 (E17)

Travel day 22 is wiped out because not only is there heavy rain, but I need to put down a hacking cough that’s clung on the last couple of days. Thankfully I had the foresight of getting a comfy apartment weeks ago, and picking up groceries at the nearby shop and some medicine at the apothecary yesterday.

This is an opportunity to look back at the evening return on travel day 18 of the Halunder Jet catamaran, from Heligoland to Hamburg.

The cool open breezes over the North Sea have been left behind for the Elbe. The return voyage brings us back into Hamburg’s river harbour and its bustling port facility by the fading light of a warm late-spring day. From childhood proximity to the Port of Vancouver, I’ve always been fascinated by the sights, shapes, and sounds from a harbour and port facility.

The city-state of Hamburg celebrated the 835th anniversary of its harbour in 2024.

*The port of Hamburg is Germany’s largest seaport facility. By TEUs (20-foot container equivalent units), Hamburg is 3rd in Europe, after Antwerp and Rotterdam; and in the world’s top-20.*

*2009 container ship “Le Havre Express” (IMO 9332872, MMSI 636093082) registered in Monrovia, Liberia.*

*2017 container ship “Delphis Riga” (IMO 9780665, MMSI 477234800) registered in Hong Kong.*

*2010 Concordia-class cruise-ship “Costa Favolosa” (IMO 9479852, MMSI 247311100) registered in Genoa, Italy. Maximum passenger and crew totals at almost 5000.*

*From left to right a sweeping view of St. Michael’s Church, St. Pauli’s Landungsbrücken (“jetties”) public ferry docks, and Elbe Philharmonic Hall.*

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 25 May 2024 (T18). This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

2 Responses to “24T22 A look at Hamburg port-harbour (T18)”

travelswithvalerie 30 May 2024

Fantastic port pictures! I also love watching the boats. I just got to spend a week in New Orleans and had a hotel room with a view onto the Mississippi and I spent hours watching those same size boats go by. It’s extremely impressive to see them on the river – they are so massive and the river is just not that wide. At night, the traffic keeps up – and those huge container ships do their runs in the dark – they are nearly impossible to see. I highly recommend a river front room if you find yourself in New Orleans!

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