the German group duisport previews to conclude the 2015 with a traffic record of 68 million tons (+5%)



The German group duisport, than through the Duisburger Hafen, society participated with 67% about from the State of the North Rhine-Westphalia and with 33% about from the city of Duisburg, and its branches manages the public port of Duisburg, that it is the greatest internal port of the world, previews to conclude the 2015 with a traffic record of 68 million tons, with an increment of +5% about regarding 64,7 million tons enlivened in 2014 (of which 15,6 million tons for fluvial way, 17,1 million for railway way and 32,0 million for street way).

Also in the single field of the container a new record is attended traffic anniversary pairs to 3,6 million teu, with an increase of enlivened +6% about regarding 3,4 million teu in 2014.

"This - it has emphasized the managing director of Duisburger Hafen, Erich Staake - has been first time from the crisis financial institution of the 2008-09 that we have found an light decrease of handling of container for marine way in the range Amburgo-Le Havre. In the light of these developments enough they are satisfied of the year that is being concluded. With all evidence we have operated rather and we are successful well to earn market shares".

Staake has explained that the increase recorded in 2015 is determined mainly by the increments of the volumes enlivened in the fields of mineral oils, the chemicals ones and in the segment of the arranged traffic and handling of the container, increases that have compensated the weakening of the caused iron and steel section from the conditions of the market.

The group duisport previews that in 2016 some meaningful improvement will not happen in trade total, with some of the main Asian ports that are recording important decrease of the traffic with an impact directed on the Asia-Europe traffics: "currently - it has found Staake - not there is some real impulse to the total economic increase. Therefore for the next year we do not expect stimuli to the increase, that it means that probably in the 2016 developments they will be very modest".

We remember that in the 2014 entire traffic of the goods enlivened in the hub intermodal-harbour of Duisburg, included that enlivened from other private harbour societies, it is piled to 131,1 million tons, with an increase of +6% on the year precedence, of which 51,1 million tons enlivened for fluvial way (+8%), 30,4 million for railway way (+5%) and 49,6 million for street way (+5%).