May 26. The latest container throughput data released by the Port of Hamburg, Germany's largest port, shows that in terms of trade with China, the Port of Hamburg handled a total of 700,000 TEUs in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 6.2% (year-on-year, The same below).China has also cemented its position as Hamburg's most important trading partner to date.
Hamburg is one of three city-states in Germany's sixteen federal states (Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen).The Port of Hamburg, located in Hamburg, Germany's second largest city, is the second largest port in Europe and the largest port in Germany. It is also one of the most important nodes of the "Belt and Road" initiative in Europe.
Among the major trading partners of the Port of Hamburg, China is followed by the United States (down 5.7%), Singapore (up 9.1%), Poland (up 45.2%), Sweden (up 10.4%), and Russia (down 29.3%) and the UK (down 2.9%).
Axel Mattern, executive director of the Hamburg Port Marketing Association, said that due to the high number of liner routes connecting Hamburg and Chinese ports, "we are also feeling the processing bottleneck caused by the new crown at individual ports in China. The delayed arrival of ships in Hamburg is a particular challenge. Nevertheless, Hamburg's position as a major port to China has been further expanded."(Finish)
