Port of Kiel handles more than six million tons for the first time

Expansion of freight and logistics capacities at Kiel’s Ostuferhafen to be continued in 2012:

In 2011 Port of Kiel handled more than six million tons of cargo for the first time. Turnover of 6.293 million tons means an increase of 8.5 per cent over the previous year. The growth has been mainly generated on the ferry lines serving Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic region. Together they account for 80 per cent of the total tonnage handled. While conventional cargo handling rose by 17.3 per cent, bulk cargo handling declined by 18 per cent.

For the first time the number of trucks, trailers and containers carried in ferry traffic via Kiel passed the 250,000 mark. The figure in 2010 was 205,000 units. Traffic in unaccompanied units showed particularly strong growth – with 24 per cent more trailers and 80 per cent more containers moved. Against this background, rail cargo continued to gain in importance with intermodal road/rail volumes growing from 10,500 units in 2010 to 19,500 in 2011.

During 2012 further expansion of the Ostuferhafen’s cargo and logistics capacities will take place. This undertaking will involve quayside and berth adjustments, safety facilities, the conversion of the existing RoRo Berth Number 1 and the improvement of gate processing facilities. In addition, a new computer-supported terminal management system called Yard-IT will go into operation this year.

The Seehafen Kiel GmbH & Co. KG operates Kiel’s commercial port on behalf of the Schleswig-Holstein state capital, of which it is a 100% subsidiary. The port is a cargo handling hub trading with Norway and western Sweden as well as with the Baltic States and Russia. The logistic centre of Kiel is the Ostuferhafen, where liner shipping services with the eastern Baltic are concentrated.

Quelle: LogEastics
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