Hamburg container traffic up almost 7%

The Port of Hamburg handled 72.6m tonnes of cargo over the first six months of 2014 (6.6% growth), including 4.8m teu (6.8% growth).

The port said that with average growth in total handling and container handling among north Europe ports at 1.8% and 2.6% respectively, its figures represent above average growth and also that its market share had risen by 1% to 26.7%.

“We can see extraordinarily strong growth in loaded container handling: 4.2m full boxes went over the quay walls in Hamburg. That is 8.2% more than in the previous year and more than ever before in the port’s history in a first half-year,” said Axel Mattern, a member of the port’s executive board.