Cargo and intermodal traffic up at Kiel

The German port of Kiel has reported positive results for 2014, with cargo handling and intermodal traffic continuing to rise.

The port moved 6.43m tonnes of cargo, 1.6 % more than in the previous year, with Stena Line’s Kiel-Gothenburg route recording the biggest increase in general cargo handling.

Dirk Claus, the port’s managing director, said: “Along with the growth in transport to and from Scandinavia and a rise in bulk cargo handling, there was, however, a decline in business with eastern Europe. The port currently finds itself in a situation adversely affected by the crisis in the Ukraine, a weak Russian currency and new environmental regulations.”