The Port of Hamburg can look back on a positive year in 2025. With a total throughput of 114.6 million tonnes, Germany's largest seaport recorded a year-on-year increase of 2.6 percent. The significant upturn in the...

• Container throughput increases by 8.4 percent to 6.3 million TEU
• Seaborne cargo throughput grows 3.4 percent to 86.8 million tonnes
• Container hinterland transport on stable growth path
Throughput at the...

• Container throughput increases by 9.3 percent to 4.2 million TEU
• Seaborne cargo throughput (57.8 million tonnes) up 3.6 percent
• Trade with the Far East and the Baltic Sea region drives growth
• Strong...

The Port of Hamburg recorded a strong throughput result in the first quarter of the current year, despite the challenging geopolitical and economic environment. This emphasises the outstanding economic importance of the Port...

• Throughput at the Port of Hamburg reaches 7.8 million TEU • Conventional general cargo up 8.7 percent • Record level of US transports • Rail transports grow faster than total throughput The year 2024 was marked by numerous...

At 5.8 million TEU, container throughput at the Port of Hamburg remained at almost the same level year-on-year during the first nine months of 2024. Throughput of loaded containers saw slight growth, alongside an increase in...

Container handling in the Port of Hamburg remained steady in the first half of 2024, with 3.8 million TEU processed, reflecting a stable trend in both transhipment and continental traffic. The impact of the energy transition...

Container throughput improved to 1.9 million TEU in the first quarter of 2024 - despite tense geopolitical and economic conditions. USA traffic continued to develop very positively, setting a new record. Hinterland and...

• Development of cargo throughput reflects global environment
• Bulk cargo throughput is stable
• USA traffic at record level
• More large container ships in the port
Geopolitical and economic challenges...

• Positive quarterly close for container throughput
• USA trades at record level, Asia trade picking up
• Number of ship calls rising – especially Megamax vessels

Handling in the universal Port of Hamburg...

• Underlying economic factors have repercussions on throughput
• 7.7 percent increase in bulk cargoes
• Emerging turnaround on container throughput now apparent
• Steep growth in handling with North America...

The problematic trend in the world economy is affecting Port of Hamburg throughput figures. As in other ports of Northern Europe, seaborne cargo throughput is falling, yet the trend in certain sea trades is positive. As an...

• Growth in conventional general cargo handling
• Level of railborne freight transport maintained
• Ongoing trend towards large vessels
In 2022, international crises impacted the Port of Hamburg’s seaborne...

- Further growth in conventional general cargo
- Container handling emerges well on European comparison
- More Megamax-class containerships
- Hinterland services near-stable In the first nine months of the year...

• Upward trend for container throughput
• Growth in transhipment
• Downturn in bulk cargo handling
• Double-digit growth in conventional cargoes
The container throughput trend in the Port of Hamburg in...

- Growth in both container throughput and railborne freight transport - The war in Ukraine affecting seaborne cargo throughput in Hamburg - Corona-related handling bottlenecks in Chinese ports cause logjams The first quarter...

After the previous year’s downturn caused by the corona pandemic, in 2021 the seaborne cargo throughput trend in the Port of Hamburg was more positive than expected. This totalled 128.7 million tons, or nearly two percent...

- Germany’s largest port remains on growth course
- Fresh record for railborne container transport
- Impressive increase in calls by Megamax containerships In the first nine months of the year, at 95.8 million tons...

• Port of Hamburg maintains upward trend in first half
• Railborne container transport sets record
• More calls by vessels of the Megamax class
• Greater security required for global supply chains
The...

- Upturn maintained in first quarter
- Steep growth in railborne container transport

The Port of Hamburg’s seaborne cargo throughput in the first quarter exceeded expectations. The upward trend here was powered...

Seaborne cargo throughput in the Port of Hamburg performed better than expected in the fourth quarter of 2020. The upward trend has been noticeable since the third quarter. Seaborne cargo throughput in the fourth quarter was...

• In 2019 seaborne cargo throughput rose to 136.6 million tons, or by 1.1 percent. Container handling at 9.3 million TEU advanced substantially, by 6.1 percent.

• Up by 10.4 percent at 2.7 million TEU, in 2019 the...