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

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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 in containers handled at Hamburg’s box terminals, it has to be read in context with the strong growth achieved at rival North European hubs Rotterdam and Antwerp.

And, overall, Hamburg’s container throughput has slumped by 10% ...