The Port of Hamburg has collected the tenth quarter consecutive decline in the traffic of goods handled on its docks, having closed the first three months of 2024 with a total of 27.4 million tons of cargo, down -3.3% on the same period last year. The reduction was generated by the decrease in bulk volumes to 8.2 million tonnes (-11.9%), with liquid cargoes amounting to 1.9 million tonnes (-27.7%) and dry bulk consisting of 4.7 million tonnes of cargo handled with bucket (-4.5%) and 1.7 million tons of other bulk (-9.5%). Containerized cargo traffic stable with 19.0 million tonnes (+0.7%) made with container handling equal to 1.9 million TEUs (+1.1%), of which approximately 600 thousand TEUs of transhipments (+3.0%). The other miscellaneous goods were about 300 thousand tonnes (+13.7%).

With regard to container traffic, the traffic with China is 536 thousand TEUs (+2.9%) and the one with the USA at 178 thousand TEUs (+17,7%). Particularly consistent was the growth (+44.9%) of the containerized traffic with Morocco totaled 34 thousand linked to the effects of the crisis in the Red Sea, with the ships to prevent attacks by Houthi rebels in the region were diverted on the route around the Cape of Good Hope.