Following a slight downturn in 2010, volumes in container handling between the Port of Hamburg and Poland recovered notably in 2011, Cargonews Asia reports. Feedership container traffic with Poland, for instance, grew by 33.3 percent to 238,000 TEUs and with Eastern Europe as a whole by 38.7 percent to 1.07 million TEUs.
So it comes as no surprise that feeder connections between Hamburg and the Polish ports were further expanded during 2011. Altogether five new feeder services commenced operation between Hamburg and Baltic ports in 2011.
The Polish ports of Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie and Szczecin are served from Hamburg by 11 feeder services with a total of 20 sailings per week. In addition, Hamburg with its well-developed rail connections and its dense autobahn network fulfills an essential hub function for traffic with its East Europe hinterland.
Provisional estimates by Port of Hamburg Marketing indicated that between Hamburg and Poland a comparable transport volume to 2010 of approximately 240,000 TEUs was reached on truck and rail container traffic. A precise calculation of the 2011 figures is not yet available.
So it comes as no surprise that feeder connections between Hamburg and the Polish ports were further expanded during 2011. Altogether five new feeder services commenced operation between Hamburg and Baltic ports in 2011.
The Polish ports of Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie and Szczecin are served from Hamburg by 11 feeder services with a total of 20 sailings per week. In addition, Hamburg with its well-developed rail connections and its dense autobahn network fulfills an essential hub function for traffic with its East Europe hinterland.
Provisional estimates by Port of Hamburg Marketing indicated that between Hamburg and Poland a comparable transport volume to 2010 of approximately 240,000 TEUs was reached on truck and rail container traffic. A precise calculation of the 2011 figures is not yet available.