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August 19, 2010 21:50

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Duisburg Container traffic increased by 29 percent to 1.1 million TEUs in H1 2010

Duisburg, the world’s largest inland port, boosted first-half container traffic by 29 percent from a year ago, almost double the growth at Europe’s top box hubs Rotterdam and Antwerp.

The German port handled 1.1 million 20-foot equivalent units delivered
by inland waterway vessels, trucks and freight trains in the six months
to June 30.

“This shows that we have largely recovered from the 2009 crisis and have
even come close to our 2008 record year,” said Erich Staake, chief
executive of port operator Duisburger Hafen AG.

Total cargo traffic, including coal, iron and steel, which slumped
during the 2009 recession, increased by seventeen percent to 13.2
million metric tons.

Source: Journal of Commerce