Best first-quarter in the Port of Hamburg’s history

Despite a slight downturn in general cargo throughput total throughputin the Port of Hamburg was up by 0.1 per cent to 35.6 million tonnes

Bulk cargoes at 11.7 million tonnes (up by 12.3 per cent) and container transport between the port and its hinterland at 602,000 TEU (up by 11.1 per cent) were the strongest contributors to throughput growth.

Container throughput for the first three months of the year at 2.3 million TEU (20-ft standard containers) remained below the previous year’s strong result, which had been unusually satisfactory, representing an advance of no less than 8 per cent. There was a slight, 2.3 per cent downturn here. This was primarily attributable to a fall in container traffic with Russia.

In the first quarter a total of 109,000 TEU were transported between Hamburg and Russian ports on the Baltic. That represented a 34.8 per cent fall by comparison with the same quarter of the previous year. In Axel Mattern’s view, it may be assumed that should sanctions be lifted and a recovery occur in the Russian economy, seaborne foreign trade via Hamburg will climb once again.

Container hinterland transport by rail, truck and inland waterway craft made above-average progress and at 1.5 million TEU attained growth of 7.3 per cent. “That we are Europe’s leading rail port is no coincidence. With our intelligent transport schemes, bottlenecks should be avoided in the Port of Hamburg’s incoming and outgoing traffic. This can be achieved, for example, by greater utilization of rail for seaport-hinterland transport,” explained Executive Board member Ingo Egloff.

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