July iron and metal ore shipments into Germany's second-largest port of Bremen-Bremerhaven of 451,000 mt marked a 35.4% increase year-on-year, more than doubling June's year-to-date low, Platts reports.
But for the first seven months of 2011 total ore shipments into Bremen-Bremerhaven -- primarily for ArcelorMittal's local steel mill -- slid 12.8% to 2.23 million mt compared with a year earlier, in contrast to higher volumes registered for the country, data from the state's ministry of economics and ports showed.
Although January-June ore arrival volumes trended lower at the neighboring Hamburg port, as well as in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region where German steel mills receive supplies through the Rhine, the country's total ore imports rose 6.1% year-on-year to 25.2 million mt, the latest official data says. Iron ore rose 4.3%, making up 22.49 million mt.
Iron ore volumes into Hamburg, the country's largest port, dropped 6.3% year-on-year to 4.5 million mt over the first half of 2011.
In June, Germany's total ore imports of 4.88 million mt were down 8.3% year-on-year, including a 10.1% slide in iron ore imports to 4.48 million mt.
Coal and coke volumes handled at Bremen grew 19.7% year-on-year to 188,000 mt in July and rose 4.3% in the first seven months of 2011 to 1.01 million mt.
Iron and steel throughputs eased in the January-July period by 7.7% year-on-year to 1.72 million mt, with July volumes of 195,000 mt nearly 26% lower month-on-month and 37.5% weaker year-on-year.
Automotive vehicle throughputs at Europe's second-largest automotive-handling port were in the first seven months up 36.7% at 2.17 million mt, measured by weight. In July, volumes firmed 15.7% year-on-year to 346 million mt.
Short-term fluctuations in throughput regularly reflect inventory swings, restocking or sourcing trends, shipping delays or changing factory utilization rates.
But for the first seven months of 2011 total ore shipments into Bremen-Bremerhaven -- primarily for ArcelorMittal's local steel mill -- slid 12.8% to 2.23 million mt compared with a year earlier, in contrast to higher volumes registered for the country, data from the state's ministry of economics and ports showed.
Although January-June ore arrival volumes trended lower at the neighboring Hamburg port, as well as in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region where German steel mills receive supplies through the Rhine, the country's total ore imports rose 6.1% year-on-year to 25.2 million mt, the latest official data says. Iron ore rose 4.3%, making up 22.49 million mt.
Iron ore volumes into Hamburg, the country's largest port, dropped 6.3% year-on-year to 4.5 million mt over the first half of 2011.
In June, Germany's total ore imports of 4.88 million mt were down 8.3% year-on-year, including a 10.1% slide in iron ore imports to 4.48 million mt.
Coal and coke volumes handled at Bremen grew 19.7% year-on-year to 188,000 mt in July and rose 4.3% in the first seven months of 2011 to 1.01 million mt.
Iron and steel throughputs eased in the January-July period by 7.7% year-on-year to 1.72 million mt, with July volumes of 195,000 mt nearly 26% lower month-on-month and 37.5% weaker year-on-year.
Automotive vehicle throughputs at Europe's second-largest automotive-handling port were in the first seven months up 36.7% at 2.17 million mt, measured by weight. In July, volumes firmed 15.7% year-on-year to 346 million mt.
Short-term fluctuations in throughput regularly reflect inventory swings, restocking or sourcing trends, shipping delays or changing factory utilization rates.