The Port of Hamburg achieved a total throughput of 139m tonnes during 2013, representing growth of 6.2 per cent, according to figures released by Port of Hamburg Marketing.
Both general cargo handling and bulk cargo handling grew during the year, by 5.7 per cent to 96.8m tonnes and 7.2 per cent to 42.3m tonnes respectively.
“The Port of Hamburg‘s throughput trend is a fine signal for Hamburg and the entire Metropolitan Region,' said Axel Mattern, Port of Hamburg Marketing’s executive board member. 'Growth of 6.2 per cent is a most impressive result, underlining the tremendous effectiveness of port and logistics companies in Germany‘s largest universal port.'
According to the marketing authority, container handling was the principal source of growth.
With throughput of 9.3m TEUs, the increase in container traffic reached 4.4 per cent – primarily attributable to growth in transhipment services into the North Sea and Baltic region that were 10 per cent higher, plus the onset of a recovery in container traffic with Asia, and especially with China.
