# Elsfleth (DE ELS)

**UN/LOCODE:** DE ELS  
**Country:** Germany  
**Water Body:** North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Tide Gates)  
**GPS:** 53.2333, 8.4667

Elsfleth owes its profile less to cargo throughput than to the maritime players based here – a nautical college, resident shipping companies and a small yard offering a compact dry dock and limited repairs. The town sits where the River Hunte meets the Lower Weser and forms the seaward gateway to the inland port of Oldenburg, a route closed to seagoing vessels since the 2024 Hunte railway-bridge collision and not expected to reopen before late 2027. Its own commercial handling is modest. For breakbulk, dry bulk and containers on the Lower Weser, shippers turn to the Lower Saxony ports of Brake and Nordenham and to Bremen/Bremerhaven. Elsfleth is best understood as a maritime-industry location rather than a freight terminal.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Hamburg → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/hamburg-shanghai)
- [Hamburg → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/hamburg-shenzhen)
- [Hamburg → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/hamburg-guangzhou)
- [Hamburg → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/hamburg-hong-kong)
- [Hamburg → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/hamburg-tokyo)
- [Hamburg → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/hamburg-busan)

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*Freight Academy — Seaport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/elsfleth-port-de-els](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/elsfleth-port-de-els)*

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