Container volumes stable across HHLA portfolio

HHLA’s terminal portfolio handled 3.37m teu during the first half of the year, on par with the same period in 2021, as the impact of the closure of its Odessa terminal was offset by rises in Estonia and Hamburg.

The suspension of seaborne handling at the Ukrainian terminal in Odessa ordered by the authorities in late February as a result of the Russian invasion was countered by strong growth in volume at the Estonian container terminal TK Estonia in Tallinn and by a rise in cargo volumes destined for the Far East at the Hamburg container terminals.

At 3.17m teu, throughput volume at the three Hamburg container terminals was up 3%, driven by an increase in the Far East shipping region – China in particular.