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Boxes boost Hamburg tonnage, despite US tariffs

[ February 19, 2026   //   Chris Lewis ]

The Port of Hamburg’s total throughput increased 2.6% in 2025 to 114.6 million tonnes, with a significant upturn in containers a key factor.

Hamburg handled 8.3 million TEU, up 7.3% while tannage in containers rose by 4.6%.

The upward trend in the box segment was driven in particular by traffic with China (+6.5%), Malaysia (+84.3%) and India (+49.2%) and the Northern Europe trade lane (Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden) – an important contributor to transshipment – also showed a positive trend with 21.2% growth. However, throughput with the US moved in the opposite direction with a decline of 25.6% due to the impact of tariffs..

Bulk goods segment experienced a year-on-year decline of 1.7%, to 32.4 million tonnes.

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