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The port of Hamburg said that geopolitical and economic challenges weighed on throughput in 2023. The decline in the German economy led to a decline in container throughput compared to the previous year, but there was a slight recovery in the second half of the year.
Total cargo handled was 114.3 million tonnes down 4.7% on the previous year. Container throughput was 7.7 million TEU, down 6.9%. Bulk cargo remained largely ...
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The ‘tense’ economic situation in Europe, especially in Germany, and background geopolitical factors affected throughput in the first half of 2023, said the Port of Hamburg. Despite this, Germany’s largest seaport recorded a gain of 7.7% in bulk cargo throughput at 19 million tons, although general cargo throughput was 11.1% ...
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The Hamburg Senate has endorsed a new development plan for the city’s port. It lays down strategic guidelines for policy in the coming years, defines the availability of land for port development and outlines strategic orientation for its future utilisation.
The Plan considers global trends, local operating conditions and social and ...
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The decline in cargo in at the port of Hamburg in the third quarter was 8%, considerably less than in the second, it said. Container throughput was down only 4.9%, to 2.3m teu in the third quarter. Port of Hamburg Marketing says that the results in the third quarter give ...
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The Corona pandemic hit the port of Hamburg’s cargo volumes in the first six months of the year, which fell by 12% to 61.2 million tonnes. Containers were down 12.4% to 4.1 million teu, affected by the slower Chinese economy and cancellations of sailings.
Imports were particularly badly hit, down 16.3% ...
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There are no significant bottlenecks in the supply of empty containers in German seaports, despite reports suggesting otherwise, says the port of Hamburg. It says that Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM) conducted a on the weekend of 21/22 March which showed that shipping lines see no appreciable scarcity of equipment, ...
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