As in the previous eight quarters, in the period October-December 2023 continued the downward trend of the traffic of goods handled by the Port of Hamburg, which is approximately 27.7 million tonnes, with a slight decrease of -1% compared to the same period of 2022 when the The drop was about -15%. The decrease was generated by the -2% contraction in the volumes of containerized cargo that totalled approximately 18.6 million tonnes with a of containers equal to less than 1.9 million TEUs (-7%). In the industry of miscellaneous goods, conventional cargoes increased by +6% about rising to 300 thousand tons. Stable bulk with 6.0 million tonnes, of which 2.8 million tonnes tonnes of liquid cargo (+4%), 1.6 million tonnes of agricultural bulk (0%) and 4.4 million tonnes of other cargoes (-2%).

In the whole of 2023, the German port handled 114.3 million tons of goods, with a decrease of -5% on the year of which 65.6 million tonnes landed (-6%) and 48.6 million tons at loading (-4%). The total number of miscellaneous goods amounted to 78.1 million tonnes (-7%), including approximately 76.9 million tonnes of containerised cargo (-7%) made with a container handling of 7.7 million TEUs (-7%) and 1.2 million tonnes of goods conventional (-13%). Bulk cargo was 25.6 million tonnes (0%), of which 10.6 million tonnes of bulk liquid (+6%), 6.6 million tonnes of agricultural bulk (+8%) and 19.0 million tonnes of other bulk (-3%).

The Hamburg Port Authority has highlighted that, with regard to its northern European competitors, last year the The port of Hamburg recorded a smaller decline in the traffic of containers, thus maintaining its market share. As for the main trading partners of the German port in the container segment, growth continued in 2023 traffic with the USA with a record of 653 thousand TEUs handled, volume with which the United States has become the second largest partner commercial. Traffic with India is also on the rise with 191 thousand TEU (+6%). Traffic with China, which remains the main partner was less than 2.2 million TEUs compared to almost 2.5 million TEUs in 2022.