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In­land wa­ter­way ship­ping in the Port of Ham­burg

Ham­burg is not only a key port for ship­ping within Eu­rope – the “Gate­way to the World” is also a sig­nif­i­cant tran­ship­ment hub for in­land wa­ter­way ship­ping. From spe­cific re­quire­ments, such as a ve­hi­cle load­ing ramp or waste dis­posal, to tug­ging or berthing reg­u­la­tions, we are your con­tact.

Port of Ham­burg GTC as of 01.01.2025 is­sued 11.10.2024
Port of Ham­burg STC In­land Ship­ping as of 01.01.2025 is­sued 11.10.2024
Port of Ham­burg Pricelist In­land Ship­ping as of 01.01.2025 is­sued 11.10.2024

ELBA Por­tal for in­land wa­ter­way ves­sels

  • An­nounce ar­rival and de­par­ture and se­lect tar­iffs on­line for in­land wa­ter­way ves­sels
  • Are you new to the por­tal? Reg­is­ter here. Click here for video in­struc­tions
  • Every­thing at a glance – you have ac­cess at all times to your ar­rivals/de­par­ture an­nounce­ments and cho­sen com­bi­na­tion fees.
  • The in­voic­ing of your usage of the port is based on the tar­iff cho­sen on the ELBA por­tal for your ves­sel.
  • In stan­dard cases, the in­voice is gen­er­ated au­to­mat­i­cally and sent via email.
  • Does your ac­tual usage of the port go be­yond the scope of per­for­mance of your se­lected tar­iff? If so, please con­tact the fee de­part­ment for in­land wa­ter­way and port tran­ship­ment di­rectly at port­dues@​hpa.​hamburg.​de or use the form in our Form Cen­tre.

Be­fore an­nounc­ing your ar­rival for the first time or se­lect­ing a tar­iff, you need to enter your basic in­for­ma­tion just once after sign­ing in (ves­sel data, in­voice or ser­vice re­cip­i­ent). To en­sure this step is as fast and easy as pos­si­ble, please have the fol­low­ing in­for­ma­tion ready:

Ves­sel data:

ENI

Di­men­sions (length, breadth, max. draught)

Main en­gine(s) out­put in kW or max. load ca­pac­ity ac­cord­ing to cal­i­bra­tion cer­tifi­cate, or for pas­sen­ger ves­sels the max. num­ber of per­mit­ted peo­ple

Ship cer­tifi­cate as PDF or sim­i­lar (can be up­loaded with the sys­tem of your ves­sel)

In­voice/ser­vice re­cip­i­ent data:

Name (in full)

Postal ad­dress

Email ad­dress (for elec­tronic in­voic­ing / self-clear­ance)

VAT ID

You will be guided through the ap­pli­ca­tion in just a few steps. All ar­rivals/de­par­tures and com­bi­na­tion fees can be stored, re­viewed and printed at any time. Through the use of the func­tion Favourites, you can gen­er­ate a sign-in or sign-out in just two steps. Use these func­tions for ves­sels reg­u­larly ship­ping to and from Ham­burg (same ves­sel, same route, same load). 

To gen­er­ate a new sign-in or sign-out, please se­lect In­land wa­ter­way sign-in in the main nav­i­ga­tion menu. You can then se­lect a tar­iff within the scope of the in­land wa­ter­way sign-in or sep­a­rately under Com­bi­na­tion fees. Once you have en­tered all the nec­es­sary data and clicked on the but­ton Sub­mit/Com­plete, your data will be trans­mit­ted to HPA.

You can ac­cess all your ar­rivals/de­par­tures and se­lected com­bi­na­tion fees of your ac­count at any time and print them with the Overview func­tion. If you have stored ar­rival/de­par­ture in­for­ma­tion be­fore sub­mis­sion, you can ac­cess this again at any time and con­tinue edit­ing it. If you are look­ing for a spe­cific pro­ce­dure, you can find this with the help of the Fil­ter func­tion in the overview.

Do you have any ques­tions about the ap­pli­ca­tion of the por­tal? Or have the data of your ves­sel or the postal ad­dress of the in­voice and/or ser­vice re­cip­i­ent changed? Sim­ply con­tact us by e-mail at port­dues@​hpa.​hamburg.​de. You can also reach the Port Dues Of­fice (PDO) by tele­phone on +49 40 428475500 dur­ing of­fice hours from Mon­day to Fri­day.

We have com­piled im­por­tant in­for­ma­tion for in­land wa­ter­way ship­pers here:

The fol­low­ing berths are avail­able to in­land wa­ter­way ves­sels, with­out load han­dling, for wait­ing:

  • Hafen Oortkaten: 2 Wassertrep­pen (Nr. 1 u. 2)
  • Bill­w­erder Bucht, Auss­chläger Elb­de­ich: 3 Wassertrep­pen (Nr. 1,2 u. 3)
  • Peutehafen: 1 Wassertreppe (Nr.10) / vorüberge­hend ges­perrt
  • Dal­ben­liege­platz östl. Peutehafen: Dal­ben (keine Land­verbindung)
  • Steendiekkanal: 1 Wassertreppe (Nr. 4)
  • Aue Haupt­de­ich: 3 Wassertrep­pen (Nr.2, 3 u.4)
  • Süderelbe: 3 Wassertrep­pen (Nr. 73, 75, 82) / 73 & 75 vorüberge­hend ges­perrt
  • Süderelbe östl. Eisen­bahnbrücke (Finken­riek): 4 WT (Nr. 1, 2, 3 u. 4) / vorüberge­hend ges­perrt
  • Dal­ben­liege­platz Hol­stenkatenpfähle: Dal­ben (keine Land­verbindung) / vorüberge­hend ges­perrt
  • Rethe-Ufer Dal­ben­liegeplätze: Dal­ben (keine Land­verbindung)
  • Rethe-Ufer: 1 Wassertreppe (Nr. 64)
  • Rei­her­stieg Ew­ersveen: Dal­ben (keine Land­verbindung)
  • Rei­her­stieg Ew­ersveen: 2 Wassertrep­pen (Nr. 2 u. 3)
  • Kat­twyk Süderelbe Nord u. Süd: Dal­ben: (keine Land­verbindung/ Warteplatz für kurzzeit­iges Liegen)
  • Lauen­brucher Hafen Pfähle / vorüberge­hend ges­perrt
  • Lauen­brucher Hafen WT 83 – Landzu­gang
  • Holth­husenkai: (Nr. 1, 2, 3) mit Land­verbindung
  • Holthusenkai: (Pfähle)

There are var­i­ous lo­ca­tions in the Port of Ham­burg where in­land wa­ter­way ves­sels have the op­por­tu­nity to ben­e­fit from shore power via a credit sys­tem.
The so-called elec­tric­ity key (for 10, 25 or 50 euros) can be pur­chased from:

HPA
Ober­hafe­namt
Neuer Wan­drahm 4, 20457 Ham­burg
Tel.: +49 40 42847-2572

or from:
Fa. Seco Di­en­ste + Han­del GmbH at the En­ten­werder Cus­toms Port
En­ten­werder 3, 20539 Ham­burg
Tel.: +49 40 7800800

Elec­tric­ity sta­tions

The ar­rival of an in­land wa­ter­way ves­sel is to be an­nounced 24 hours BE­FORE ar­rival; how­ever, at the lat­est when the pre­vi­ous port was de­parted and the time of the de­par­ture was at least 2 hours be­fore de­par­ture from the port. The re­port­ing oblig­a­tion is con­sid­ered to be met when the an­nounce­ment takes place elec­tron­i­cally via the re­port­ing por­tal (e.g. ELBA por­tal) pro­vided by the re­spon­si­ble body.

In­land wa­ter­way ves­sels and port ves­sels have to be manned dur­ing their stay in the ports or under guard to the ex­tent of care re­quired by the reg­u­la­tions, tak­ing into ac­count the cur­rent traf­fic, weather, tidal and ice con­di­tions.

In the event that an in­land wa­ter­way tank ves­sel (ac­cord­ing to Sec­tion 30, Para­graph 1 of the Wa­ter­way Reg­u­la­tions), com­ing from the di­rec­tion of the upper Elbe re­quires a port pilot, the on­board­ing of the pilot for the sec­tion Süderelbe takes place at Finken­riek Lock 4, for the on­board­ing of the pilot for the sec­tion Norderelbe it is at the car load­ing area En­ten­werder. When or­der­ing a pilot, you need to pro­vide in­for­ma­tion re­gard­ing at which of the two po­si­tions the pilot should take over.

Con­tact

If re­quired, drink­ing water can be or­dered from Fa. Fr. Ja­cob­sen & Cons at the water boat on fre­quency chan­nel 74 or via tele­phone on +49 40 373561.

The op­por­tu­nity to load a car is pos­si­ble for in­land wa­ter­way ves­sels. The ve­hi­cle load­ing ramp is lo­cated at the En­ten­werder berth at the En­ten­werder Cus­toms Port (En­ten­werder 7, 20539 Ham­burg). The con­di­tions of use are to be com­plied with.

The locks erected for in­land wa­ter­way ves­sels are con­nected to the city rub­bish sys­tem.

For the usage of the port by in­land wa­ter­way ves­sels which do not par­tic­i­pate in mar­itime trans­port, a com­bi­na­tion fee will be levied in the re­spec­tive price group in the price list for in­land wa­ter­way ves­sels. Ac­cord­ing to the price list, var­i­ous tar­iffs (com­bi­na­tion fees) are avail­able to choose from. These dif­fer ac­cord­ing to the du­ra­tion of usage, the kind and/or in­ten­sity of usage. The tar­iff can be se­lected via the ELBA por­tal. Usage which goes be­yond the scope of usage for the tar­iff cho­sen is to be ap­plied for sep­a­rately. Please use the forms for this in our Form Cen­tre.

The stan­dard terms and con­di­tions for the usage of the Port of Ham­burg by ves­sels (Port Terms and Con­di­tions), in­clud­ing the price lists, can be found here.

Do you have any ques­tions about the tar­iffs or the Elba por­tal? Then please con­tact the Port Dues Of­fice by e-mail at port­dues@​hpa.​hamburg.​de.

CON­TACT FOR THE PORT DUES OF­FICE

Should you have any ques­tions about the tar­iff or the ELBA Por­tal, please con­tact the Port Dues Of­fice.

Tel.: +49 40 42847-5500

Email: port­dues@​hpa.​hamburg.​de


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