The Port of Duisburg — Duisport — sits at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers and is the largest inland port in the world. The statistics are staggering: 40 kilometres of quays, 21 port basins, and around 60 million tonnes of cargo per year. The port handles everything from containers and bulk cargo to automobiles and chemicals, and connects by water, rail, and road to virtually every major European logistics hub.
For visitors, the port itself is an industrial working environment rather than a sightseeing attraction, but the scale and importance of what Duisburg does here is worth understanding as context for the city. Guided tours of the port can be arranged through Duisport's visitor programme. The view of the port from the Duisburg Rhine promenade — particularly the section near the Rhine confluence — gives a sense of its extraordinary scale.