Slightly declining container throughput in the Port of Hamburg

Port of Hamburg: Growing exportations and declining importations in the first nine months of 2012
 
In the first nine months of 2012 the Port of Hamburg achieved total throughput of 98.1 million tonnes (down 0.8 per cent). General cargo throughput at 69.2 million tonnes was just ahead of last year’s figure (up 0.2 per cent). Bulk cargo throughput at 28.8 million tonnes stayed behind the previous year’s figure (down 3.3 per cent). In the first nine months of the year, container throughput at 6.7 million TEU was just slightly lower, falling by 0.6 per cent.
 
The positive result on general cargo was caused mainly by growth in the handling of loaded containers; the total of 5.8 million TEU represented an increase of 1.8 per cent. The loaded boxes were very largely going for export. In the first nine months of the year exports at around 2.9 million TEU were 6.9 per cent higher than in the same period of last year.
 
At 1.6 million tonnes, total volume of non-containerised general cargo was 15.4 per cent down on the comparable period of last year. While the trend for exports, including one million tonnes of conventional cargo, was positive (up 2.6 per cent), throughput of imports at 545,000 tonnes was weaker (down 36.2 per cent). The positive development of exports of conventional general cargo is primarily attributable to exports of vehicles, heavy cargoes and project cargo.
 
“In the first three quarters of the year the Port of Hamburg mainly profited from the strong trend in exports, which not only ensured a steady result on container throughput, but also growing export quantities in the bulk goods sector. Against the background of a cooling down of the economy in Europe and other parts of the world, for the Port of Hamburg this year we reckon with total throughput of around 132 million tons,” stressed Claudia Roller, CEO of Port of Hamburg Marketing.

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