In the third trimester the port of Amburgo has accused a fort decrease of the -9,4% of the traffic of the goods



In the third trimester of this year the trend of bending of the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Amburgo ulteriorly has been emphasized. After a volume of stable traffic the totaled in the first three months of 2015 and next recorded decrease of the -5,0% in the quarter next one, in the period July-september of this year the contraction is gone up to the -9,4% being enlivened 33,8 million tons about of cargos regarding 37,3 million in the third trimester of 2014. The decrease has been marked is in the field of the imports, with a total of 19,4 million tons enlivened last summer (- 7.6%), are in that of the exports, that it has concluded the period with a volume of 14,4 million tons (- 11.7%).

In the third trimester of this year the reduction of the total volume is determined by the decrease of the traffic of the goods several that has been attested to 21,1 million tons (- 13.5%), of which 22,7 million containerized tons of goods (- 13.5%) totaled with a handling of containers pairs to 2,2 million teu (- 13.6%) and 444 thousand conventional tons of goods (- 12.9%). In the section of the liquid bulk tons (+2.8%) and in that of the solid bulk are enlivened 3,7 million 7,1 million tons (+2.9%), of which 1,7 million tons of agricultural bulk (- 5.6%) and 5,4 million tons of cargos enlivened with bucket (+5.9%).

In the first nine months of the 2015 German port it has enlivened altogether 104,6 million tons of goods, with a decrease of the -4,8% on the same period last year, of which 58,3 million tons of cargos in import (- 4.4%) and 46,3 million tons of cargos in export (- 5.2%). The goods several is piled totally to 70,3 million tons (- 10.2%), of which 69,0 million tons of goods in container (- 10.3%) realized with a handling of containers pairs to beyond 6,7 million teu (- 9.2%) and 1,3 million conventional tons of goods (- 8.5%). The liquid bulk is diminished of -1,4% to the 10,4 million one tons, while in the segment of the bulk sand banks those enlivened with bucket are increased of +13.9% 16,9 million to tons and those agricultural ones have grown of +13.3% to 7,0 million tons.

The Harbour Authority of Amburgo has found as the section of the container particularly is hit by the decrease of the traffic with Russia, bending - it has specified the authority - that seems to be itself arrested. In the first nine months of the 2015 containerized trade with Russia, that she is the third partner more important than Amburgo for the container traffic, it has been pairs to 323.000 teu (- 36%). According to the harbour authority, the contraction of these volumes is consequence of the ruble weak person, of the low price of the oil and lasting of the economic recession in Russia. Consisting it has been however also the reduction of the containerized trade with China, first commercial partner of the German port of call in this segment, that it is come down of the -14,9% to 1,9 million teu, so as the bending of the traffic with the ports of the region of the Baltic Sea that is dropped to 1,4 million teu (- 22.4%).

The Harbour Authority of Amburgo previews that entire 2015 will be closed with a traffic total of 138 million tons of goods, down of the -5% on 2014, and with an enlivened handling of the contaner that nine million teu regarding the 9,7 million one teu last year will not arrive to quota.