Trade flows passing through the Port of Hamburg in the nine-month period totaled 89.4 million tons of cargo, or an 8-percent rise over the same period a year earlier, the Port Authority press release said.
Imports volume handled by Port of Hamburg in Jan-Sept, reached 51.8 million tons, up11.8% from the same period of 2009.
Exports via Hamburg rose by 3.3% to 37.6 million tons. The volume of general cargo, the major cargo handled at the port, increased by 8.6%, to 60.2 million tons. There was a 6.9% growth in bulk cargo segment compared to the same period in 2009, to 29.2 million tons for the first nine months of this year.
With a total of 5.9 million TEUs handled, the container segment recorded double-digit growth of 10.7%.
September container throughput reached some 744,000 TEUs. This corresponds to an increase of 25.1% - the monthly record high of container volume handled since November 2008. The positive trend in container handling in Hamburg also reflects Germany’s much improved overall economic situation, the Port Authority report said. According to preliminary forecasts by the German Federal Statistical Office, German exports for September 2010 were up 22.5% year-on-year, and imports were 18.0% higher than in September 2009.
The container traffic positive trend wad due to resumption of the China and Asia services. In the first nine months of this year, container traffic to and from Asian regions grew by 13% compared with the same period last year, to a total of 3.5 million TEUs. Container trade to and from America amounted to 587,000 TEU (+13.9 per cent), the Africa route recorded 150,000 TEU (+25.7 per cent), and the European feeder and short-sea services, an important segment for Hamburg, totalled 1.6 million TEU (+3.7 per cent).
Handling of non-containerized general cargo reached 1.9 million tons (+4.8 per cent) in the months from January to September 2010. This growth is largely due to an increase in exports of project cargo and vehicles, which were up by 22.9 and 15.4 per cent, respectively.
“The cargo-handling figures for the first three quarters of 2010 indicate that the strongly performing container segment in particular recorded double-digit growth on almost every trade route. Bulk cargo handling figures over the first nine months benefited from a massive boost in iron ore imports: they almost doubled in volume compared with the same period of the previous year, to 6.7 million tons, an increase of 91.2 per cent,” said Claudia Roller, CEO of Port of Hamburg Marketing. Handling of iron ore and other bulked cargo, a segment especially hard hit by the effects of the crisis last year, has recovered strongly and is almost back to 2008 levels. The suction cargo segment recorded 4.7 million tons in total, falling short of the previous year’s result (-21.5 per cent). The throughput of liquid cargo totaled 10.2 million tons (-4.6per cent).
For the year 2010 as a whole, Claudia Roller expects an increase in container trade of more than 11 per cent up to nearly 8 million TEUs in the Port of Hamburg. The total volume of seaborne cargo handled in the year 2010 as a whole is likely to confirm the positive trend of the first nine months, to reach more than 120 million tons, representing growth in a range between eight and nine per cent.
Port of Hamburg is located at the mouth of the River Elbe, 100 km off seashore. However, the port facilities allow handling 250.000dwt bulk cargo carriers. Total throughput of the port of Hamburg in 2009 dropped by 21.4 percent, to 110.4 million tons, container trade fell by 28%, to 7.01 million TEUs.
Imports volume handled by Port of Hamburg in Jan-Sept, reached 51.8 million tons, up11.8% from the same period of 2009.
Exports via Hamburg rose by 3.3% to 37.6 million tons. The volume of general cargo, the major cargo handled at the port, increased by 8.6%, to 60.2 million tons. There was a 6.9% growth in bulk cargo segment compared to the same period in 2009, to 29.2 million tons for the first nine months of this year.
With a total of 5.9 million TEUs handled, the container segment recorded double-digit growth of 10.7%.
September container throughput reached some 744,000 TEUs. This corresponds to an increase of 25.1% - the monthly record high of container volume handled since November 2008. The positive trend in container handling in Hamburg also reflects Germany’s much improved overall economic situation, the Port Authority report said. According to preliminary forecasts by the German Federal Statistical Office, German exports for September 2010 were up 22.5% year-on-year, and imports were 18.0% higher than in September 2009.
The container traffic positive trend wad due to resumption of the China and Asia services. In the first nine months of this year, container traffic to and from Asian regions grew by 13% compared with the same period last year, to a total of 3.5 million TEUs. Container trade to and from America amounted to 587,000 TEU (+13.9 per cent), the Africa route recorded 150,000 TEU (+25.7 per cent), and the European feeder and short-sea services, an important segment for Hamburg, totalled 1.6 million TEU (+3.7 per cent).
Handling of non-containerized general cargo reached 1.9 million tons (+4.8 per cent) in the months from January to September 2010. This growth is largely due to an increase in exports of project cargo and vehicles, which were up by 22.9 and 15.4 per cent, respectively.
“The cargo-handling figures for the first three quarters of 2010 indicate that the strongly performing container segment in particular recorded double-digit growth on almost every trade route. Bulk cargo handling figures over the first nine months benefited from a massive boost in iron ore imports: they almost doubled in volume compared with the same period of the previous year, to 6.7 million tons, an increase of 91.2 per cent,” said Claudia Roller, CEO of Port of Hamburg Marketing. Handling of iron ore and other bulked cargo, a segment especially hard hit by the effects of the crisis last year, has recovered strongly and is almost back to 2008 levels. The suction cargo segment recorded 4.7 million tons in total, falling short of the previous year’s result (-21.5 per cent). The throughput of liquid cargo totaled 10.2 million tons (-4.6per cent).
For the year 2010 as a whole, Claudia Roller expects an increase in container trade of more than 11 per cent up to nearly 8 million TEUs in the Port of Hamburg. The total volume of seaborne cargo handled in the year 2010 as a whole is likely to confirm the positive trend of the first nine months, to reach more than 120 million tons, representing growth in a range between eight and nine per cent.
Port of Hamburg is located at the mouth of the River Elbe, 100 km off seashore. However, the port facilities allow handling 250.000dwt bulk cargo carriers. Total throughput of the port of Hamburg in 2009 dropped by 21.4 percent, to 110.4 million tons, container trade fell by 28%, to 7.01 million TEUs.