German sea freight throughput in 2008 did not reach the high rate of growth of the previous year. Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) in Wiesbaden has issued preliminary figures showing that ocean freight handling in German ports increased by only 1.8% in 2008 over last year, compared with growth of 4.1% in 2007. In absolute terms, though, the 320.6 million t of cargo handled represented a new record.
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