Port of Hamburg Continues Cargo Records, Adds Jobs
strong growth in loaded container handling: 4.2 million full boxes went over the quay walls in Hamburg. That is 8.2 percent more than in the previous year and more than ever before in the port’s history in a first half-year,” explained Axel Mattern, member of the Executive Board of Port of Hamburg Marketing. At 588,000 TEU, handling empty boxes showed a slight decline of 2.1 percent. Strong exports with a total of 2.3 million TEU (+ 6.3 percent) in container handling, and comparably strong imports at 2.5 million TEU (+ 7.4 percent) are largely responsible for the generally above-average result
Port of Hamburg Reports Q1 Results
construction of the A7, three lanes will be available to traffic in each direction. On completion, all measures in the port and in the region will be of tremendous benefit for the whole of Northern Germany and for the German economy. They are urgently required. ” said Axel Mattern, CEO of Port of Hamburg Marketing, at the presentation of the Port of Hamburg’s quarterly results. Port of Hamburg improves position on the container transport market Success was powered mainly by container throughput at 2.4 million TEU (20-ft standard containers) in the first three months of the year
