The Hamburg Port Authority is the agency responsible for administering services for the Port of Hamburg. The Port of Hamburg is 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 and 15th-largest worldwide. In 2014, 9.73 million TEUs (20-foot standard container equivalents) were handled in Hamburg.