Hamburg in the first half to 4.3% in container volume

Container volume through the Port of Hamburg rose 4.3 percent in the first half of the year, the port saidy this week.

The port, Germany's largest, handled 3.7 million TEUs during the period, including 2.2 million TEUs from Asia, growth of 6.9 percent over the first half of 2009. By tonnage, throughput increased 8.1 percent, to 58.6 million tons.

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