Photo: Port of Hamburg/ Dietmar Hasenpusch
Germany’s biggest global port continues to be on a development program, accomplishing a distinctive 4.1% breakthrough to 69.4 million bunches in seaborne freight handling in the very first fifty percent of 2019. Especially great development fad in the basic freight section, up 6.1% at 48.4 million bunches, was the primary factor to the superb numbers for complete and also container handling.
The overall for bulk freight handling was simply 0.3% less than for in 2015’s very first fifty percent at 21.0 million bunches. The 7.5% rise in container managing to 4.7 million TEU is mainly attributable to the 4 brand-new lining solutions that have actually connected the Hanseatic City with ports in the United States, Canada and also Mexico because the begin of the year.
The 283,000 TEU dealt with in Hamburg on container solutions with the United States because the start of the year took the United States right into 2nd location amongstHamburg’s essential companions for container solutions.
“A total of 11 new liner services in the 2019 first half make it obvious that thePort of Hamburg has gained in attractiveness for shipping and shippers,” stated Axel Mattern, joint chief executive officer of Port ofHamburg Marketing “With the start of expansion related to the adjustment of the fairway on the Lower and Outer Elbe,we are well on course for further expanding Hamburg’s position as the NorthernEuropean hub for worldwide freight traffic. Apart from its trade routes withChina and Asia, Hamburg has now become a hub for those with the United States,Mexico and Canada.”
During the very first fifty percent, the complete variety of container vessels calling Hamburg likewise increased. The overall of 3,046 container ships berthing in the Port of Hamburg stood for a rise of 3.7%. Among these were 89 ultra-large container providers or 36.9% even more, with a port capability of 18,000 TEU and also over.The very first fifty percent confirmed exceptionally effective for the Port of Hamburg’s transhipment and also hinterland solutions. The previous benefited from transhipment web traffic on the brand-new container lining solutions that created extra quantities for Hamburg’s massive network of feeder links. At 1.7 million TEU, transhipment on feeder ships in Hamburg increased by 5.5%. Seaport- hinterland solutions ashore in the 2019 very first fifty percent furthermore accomplished an 8.7% breakthrough to 2.9 million TEU.
“The positive figures for seaport-hinterland services and the transhipment area underline Hamburg’s outstanding position as Northern Europe’s hub port. More than 100 liner services connecting Hamburg with more than 1,000 seaports worldwide, deliver the containers that then leave Hamburg for further distribution inland,” stated Ingo Egloff, Axel Mattern’s coworker on Port ofHamburg Marketing’sExecutive Board
