HAMBURG port operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) posted a 1.5 per cent year-on-year increase in container throughput to 6.7 million TEU in 1916.
Hamburg marine container terminals recorded a 1.1 per cent rise in throughput of 6.4 million TEU due to increases in volume in the second half.
Throughput at Container Terminal Odessa was up 10.6 per cent to 300,000 TEU.
Container transport activities of HHLA's intermodal companies was up 6.8 per cent to 1.4 million TEU. HHLA rail companies in particular were able to increase volume eight per cent to 1.1 million TEU. Road haulage was up 2.9 per cent on the previous year.
HHLA group revenue was up 9.09 per cent year on year to EUR1.20 billion (US$1.27 billion) while operating profit came in at EUR163 million up 3.8 per cent.