In according to trimester of this year traffic enlivened from the port of Amburgo it has accused a decrease of -5%



In the period April-june of this year the port of Amburgo has recorded a decrease of the traffic of the goods that follows nine archived item consecutive trimesters with an increase of the enlivened volumes. In according to trimester of the 2015 traffic it has been pairs to about 35,2 million tons, down of the -5% regarding the same period last year. The import traffic is piled to 19,3 million tons, with a reduction of the -6% on according to trimester of 2014, while the export traffic has attested almost 15,9 million tons, with a bending of -3%.

Altogether in according to trimester of the 2015 the goods several pairs to 23,7 million tons (- 10%), of which 23,2 million containerized tons of goods (- 10%) totaled with a handling of containers enlivened by the German harbour port of call have been pairs to 2,2 million teu (- 9%) and 450 thousand conventional tons of goods (- 4%). In contraction also the liquid bulk traffic, that it is come down of -9% to the 3,2 million one tons. The solid bulk instead is increased of +19% 8,6 million to tons totally, of which 2,6 million tons of bulk dusty and +18% inhaled () and 6,0 million tons of cargos enlivened with bucket (+20%).

In the first semester of the 2015 port of Amburgo it has enlivened a total of 70,8 million tons of goods, with a decrease of -2,5% regarding the 72,6 million one tons in the first six months last year. The cargos to the disembarkation have been pairs to 38,9 million tons (- 2.7%) and those to the boarding to 31,9 million tons (- 2.2%).

In the first half of this year the goods several is piled to 47,2 million tons (- 8.5%), of which 46,3 million tons of goods in container (- 8.6%) that pairs to beyond 4,5 million are realized with a container handling teu (- 6.8%) and 876 thousand conventional tons of goods (- 5.8%). The contraction of the containerized trade is determined mainly by the reduction of the volumes enlivened with China and Russia, that they are the two main markets for the German port in this segment of traffic, with volumes they are come down respective of the -10,9% to 1,3 million teu and the -35,9% to 212 thousand teu. "In the first half of the 2015 - managing director of the Hafen Hamburg has found today the Co ‘Marketing, Axel Mattern - total foreign trade of China it is dropped remarkablly with -6,9%. The weakening of the foreign trade has been particularly obvious relatively to the exports from China towards Europe because of the appreciation of the yuan. In the course of the first six months of this year the value of the euro has turned out medium inferior of the -19% regarding the Chinese yuan being profitable purchase of producing more onerous for the European importers". Moreover Ingo Egloff, Co ‘managing director of the Hafen Hamburg Marketing, has remembered that the traffic with continuous Russia to accuse the impact of the endorsements, but - it has specified - the impact of other factors as the weakness of the ruble, the decrease of the price of the oil endures also and the economic recession. "The goods coming from abroad - it has observed Egloff - is becoming more expensive for the Russian importers. The availability to the consumption and the investment in Russia is remarkablly being reduced. The International Monetary Fund previews that this year the Gross Domestic Product one of Russia will diminish of -3,4%. The fact that in the first semester of this year the Baltic Sea ports of Russia have enlivened 32.1% in less than container regarding 2014 - has emphasized - the current state of the economy describes at great length".

Altogether in the first semester of the 2015 liquid bulk enlivened by the port of Amburgo are dropped of -3,3% to the 6,7 million one tons, while the bulk sand banks has grown of +19.1% about to 16,8 million tons, of which 5,3 million tons of bulk dusty and inhaled, with an increase of +22.4% produced above all from the increase of the granaglie exports, and 11,5 million tons of bulk enlivened with bucket, mainly coal and minerals (+19.0%). In particular, the coal imports have recorded an increment of +46.3% to 3,8 million tons.