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In the first six months of the 2018 traffic in the port of Amburgo it is diminished of -4,9%
In according to trimester the decrease it has been of -2,3%
August 23, 2018
In the first semester of this year the port of Amburgo has enlivened 66,5 million tons of goods, with a decrease of the -4,9% on the first half of the 2017 that is determined mainly by a contraction of the -7,5% of the traffic enlivened in the first three months of 2018 to which an emphasized decrease less of the -2,3% about of the activity in the period is continuation April-june. In the first six months of the 2018 traffic of export it has been pairs to 28,0 million tons and that of import to 38,5 million tons against respective 30,3 million and 39,7 million tons in the first half of 2017.
In the single field of the goods several the traffic total has been of 45,4 million tons regarding 46,5 million in the first semester last year, with the goods in container that have totaled 44,6 million tons (- 2.5%) realized with a handling of containers pairs to beyond 4,3 million teu (- 2.7%), of which 3,8 million teu of container full (- 0.6%) and empty 530 thousand teu of container (- 15.6%), and 777 thousand conventional tons of goods (+8.0%).
The Harbour Authority of Amburgo has evidenced that 64% of the total decrease of the traffic of the container are produced by the decrease of the traffic of transhipment, in particular of that with the Baltic Sea, that it has been pairs to 1,6 million teu (- 4.4%). "Analyzing the trend of the traffic of the container full and empty in the first semester - it has found the managing director of the Port of Hamburg Marketing, Axel Mattern - evince that the port of Amburgo has enlivened less empty traffic than transhipment and container. The container quota full has remained stable in a difficult competitive scene".
In the section of the bulk the traffic of loaded buckets is piled to 15,0 million tons (- 8.5%) and that of cargos liquids to 6,1 million tons (- 14.1%).
In the second solo trimester of the 2018 German port has enlivened altogether 33,8 million tons of goods regarding 34,6 million tons in the period April-june last year. The goods several pairs than more 2,1 million teu (- 4.5%) and 410 thousand have been attested to 22,7 million tons (- 3.9%), of which 22,3 million tons of goods in container (- 4.0%) with a handling of containers conventional tons of goods (+2.5%). Totally the bulk has recorded a contraction of -1,8% coming down to the 11,1 million one tons.
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In the first semester of this year the port of Amburgo has enlivened 66,5 million tons of goods, with a decrease of the -4,9% on the first half of the 2017 that is determined mainly by a contraction of the -7,5% of the traffic enlivened in the first three months of 2018 to which an emphasized decrease less of the -2,3% about of the activity in the period is continuation April-june. In the first six months of the 2018 traffic of export it has been pairs to 28,0 million tons and that of import to 38,5 million tons against respective 30,3 million and 39,7 million tons in the first half of 2017.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
