Port of Hamburg Port of Hamburg The Port of Hamburg (German: "Hamburger Hafen") is a sea port on the river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany, 110 kilometres from its mouth on the North Sea. It's Germany's largest port and is named the country's "Gateway to the World" (Tor zur Welt). In terms of TEU throughput, Hamburg is the third-busiest port in Europe (after Rotterdam and Antwerp) and 15th-largest worldwide. In 2014, 9.73 million TEUs (20-foot standard container equivalents) were handled in Hamburg. The harbour covers an area of 73.99 km² (64.80 km² usable), of which 43.31 km² (34.12 km²) are land areas. The location
Inland Flyer reached a joint operating agreement with H.B. Kennedy to run their steamers in alliance on the profitable Seattle-Bremerton route, which they called the Port Orchard Route. In 1902 "Inland Flyer" was on the Seattle – Port Orchard route, running with the "Athlon", which was owned by H.B. Kennedy. There was a brief period of competition on this route in 1902 when the "Manette", a boat owned by Tacoma interests, with businessman Fred H. Marvin acting as agent, was placed on the route. "Manette" was soon transferred to the Seattle – Alki run, and the competition ended. In 1903 "Inland Flyer"