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Port of Hamburg container throughout leapt by 17.4 percent to around 4.3 million TEUs in the first half of this year on the back of new or expanded liner services.
The strategic approach of liner shipping companies in exploiting the benefits of larger ship units for additional growth, on the one hand, and in reaching vessel-sharing as well as slot-charter agreements, on the other, also had a positive effect on the port's throughput.
In the first half, Hamburg welcomed more than 10 new liner services. At the same time, larger ship units were increasingly being deployed on new and existing liner services.
Growth in container handling is attributable to favourable developments in all trades. For instance, Hamburg's container throughput in traffic with European ports achieved
above-average growth of 25.9 percent to 1.2 million TEUs.
In the first six months the main growth region comprised the container trades with Russia, Poland and the Baltic states, with a 50.5 percent increase to 505,000 TEUs.
Container throughput with Russia advanced at an above-average rate in the first half, reaching a volume of 276,000 TEUs, representing growth of 45 percent. Russia accordingly extended its position as Hamburg's most significant trading partner for European container services, and its third largest trading partner in worldwide container traffic.
At 443, 000 TEUs, container throughput with Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden achieved a real advance of 13.4 percent. With around 154 feeder sailings per week, the Port of Hamburg is Europe's leading feeder port for the Baltic region. Feeder traffic via Hamburg was altogether more than 30 percent up in the first half year.
First-half container throughput with North, Central and South America at 460,000 TEUs was up by 21.2 percent.
With container throughput via Hamburg of 117,000 TEUs, growth of 21.2 percent was recorded for Africa.
The Port of Hamburg's most important market region, Asia, developed extremely well in the first half, with container throughput increasing by 12.9 percent to 2.5 million TEUs. The container trades with China, Hamburg's largest trading partner in terms of container throughput, handled around 1.4 million TEUs. That represented growth of 14.7 percent.
Cargonews Asia
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