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Consequences of COVID Pandemic Affect the Port of Hamburg’s 2020 Throughput Seaborne cargo throughput in the Port of Hamburg performed better than expected in the fourth quarter of 2020. The upward trend has been noticeable since the third quarter. Seaborne cargo throughput in the fourth quarter was even around three percent higher than in the same quarter the year before. Container throughput was just 1.2 percent lower year over year. However, total throughput in 2020 amounted to 126.3 million tons, 7.6 percent below the high total of 136.6 million tons reached in the previous year. The coronavirus pandemic was felt worldwide and had particularly serious effects on the Port of Hamburg in the first half of 2020. “The first six months were notable for reduced activity in many areas of the economy, weaker consumer demand, and a reduction in liner service sailings. In Hamburg, this caused a double-digit downturn in throughput. We are delighted that the second half brought ....
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In January Hamburg announced that Vattenfall, Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and municipal heat supplier Warme Hamburg had signed a Letter of Intent to develop a 100MW electrolyser to produce green hydrogen in the port area. Michael Westhagemann, Senator for Economic Affairs, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg told an SMM Digital open stream that one of the reasons for developing a green hydrogen hub in the port would be to meet climate targets “We believe we can do it with green hydrogen, we have the industrial sector, the mobility sector, and we believe have very strong position in our harbour,” he said. ....