News / Elbe deepening now crucial as throughput at port of Hamburg is still falling

19/02/2019

Container throughput at the port of Hamburg declined for the second consecutive year in 2018.

The port’s throughput was down to 8.73m teu, adding urgency to the completion of the long-awaited deepening and widening programme in the river Elbe.

Although this represents a marginal 1% year-on-year fall ...

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