Hamburg port volume up 6.4pc in first quarter.

• Position: Port of Hamburg, Germany's shipments data for 2019 first quarter - Brief article

Hamburg, Germany's big box port, has posted 6.4 percent year-on-year growth in first quarter container throughput to 2.3 million TEU.

Both general cargo throughput at 23.9 million tons - up 5.4 per cent - and bulk cargo throughput at 10.7 million tons - up 7.5 percent - rose substantially in the first three months. A total of 121,000 TEU for container transport with the US represented an almost fourfold jump, catapulting the America into second place among Hamburg's top trading partners. Twelve liner services now link the Port of Hamburg directly with 29 ports in the US, Mexico and Canada. Some 14.1...