Germany's biggest port handles fewer goods in 2023

BERLIN, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Germany's largest seaport, the Port of Hamburg, in 2023 handled 114.3 million tons of goods, 4.7 percent less than in the previous year, Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM) said on Tuesday.

The port's container throughput decreased by 6.9 percent to 7.7 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), according to HHM. In the first half of 2023, the decline was even more pronounced at 11.7 percent.