Container throughput at the port of Hamburg increased by 1.8% in the first quarter of this year, reaching a total of 2.2 million TEU.
On the other hand, total seaborne cargo decreased by 2.8% on an annual basis, to 31.2 million tons.
“After a very good start in January, the start of the war in Ukraine led to an extension of EU sanctions in trade with Russia during February. In the Port of Hamburg, we then rapidly noticed a downturn in container traffic with Russian ports. That was caused...