May 2012 C&CI • Shipping & Warehousing • 11 Port of Hamburg


regains market share Hamburg, Germany’s largest port, and an key import facility for coffee, handled 132.2 mil- lion tonnes of cargo in 2011, an increase of 9.1 per cent com- pared with 2010. Container throughput in 2011 was 9 million 20ft standard containers (TEU), or 1.12 million TEU more than in 2010. Of all ports in northern Europe, Hamburg therefore achieved the fastest rate of growth in container throughput.


Port of Hamburg experienced a resurgence in container traffic in 2011


Container throughput at the port was up 14.2 per cent, making Hamburg


Europe’s second largest container port. Claudia Roller, CEO of Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM), presented the 2011


handling figures at the Port of Hamburg’s annual press conference. "We are delighted that in 2011 the Port of Hamburg proved able to achieve above-aver- age growth both in total throughput and in container traffic," she said. "With the strongest absolute growth in container throughput, Hamburg regained market share against competing ports." "For 2012 we are also reckoning on an increase in throughput figures,


although this will slow down compared to 2011, meaning that by year-end we should have achieved a moderate increase on seaborne cargoes. With its exist- ing capacities, well-developed infrastructure and highly efficient port service providers, some of whom have recently won international awards, Hamburg is very well equipped to handle growing cargo volumes with its customary reliabili- ty, speed and high quality," she said, noting that the forthcoming deepening of the navigation channel on the Lower and Outer Elbe will further boost Hamburg’s attractiveness as a European hub for ultra-large vessels.


No cocoa damaged in fire at ADM plant


Reuters reports that a late-February fire in an Archer Daniels Midland Company cocoa processing plant in Pennsylvania did not cause any damage to cocoa held there. "There was no tangible property damage or impact on production from the incident," said Jessie McKinney, spokeswoman for ADM. The fire was discovered inside a piece of processing equipment at ADM’s cocoa


processing plant in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, on February 25th. It was con- tained to the process equipment and ductwork, and extinguished by the local fire department. One employee was taken to a local hospital for observation and released later that same day. The Hazle Township plant, which opened in October 2008, is one of six ADM cocoa processing plants in the US.


Port of Houston Authority representatives visit Washington


Port of Houston’s chairman Jim Edmonds – and other ports in the US – want to see the Harbor Maintenance Tax used for its intend- ed purpose


Representatives of Port of Houston, one of the most important coffee ports in the US, visited Washington DC in February. The delegation, including Port Chairman Jim Edmonds, dis- cussed the economic impact of the Port of Houston on the national economy as well as critical port needs, including dredging of the Houston Ship Channel and port security grants, with members of the US Congress and other key federal officials. A group of industry stakeholders travelled


with the Port Authority to Washington meeting with key members of Congress beyond the Houston area to communicate the importance of the Port of Houston to the nation and gain additional support for key legislation. The group included representatives of the Greater Houston Port Bureau, West Gulf Maritime Association, the International Liquid Terminal Association and Houston Pilots. Much of the trip focused on building sup-


port for legislation pending in Congress relat- ed to funding challenges facing the Houston Ship Channel and ports nationwide. The Realize America’s Maritime Promise, or


RAMP Act, would ensure that the funds col- lected by the federal government through the Harbor Maintenance Tax would be used for their intended purpose - dredging and main- taining waterways in the US.


Ivorian port eyes revival after civil war


Côte d’Ivoire aims to boost traffic at its main port of Abidjan by 43 per cent in 2012, after a post-election civil war in 2011 halted shipping for months, a port official said told Reuters recently. "2011 was a difficult year," port manager Hien Sie told a news conference. "In 2012 and the five years to come our ambition is to


be a performance port, and a hub on the face of the Atlantic." He said the port was forecasting 23,946,184 tonnes of traffic in 2012, a 43 per cent increase compared to 2011 and 3.8 per cent


over 2010, adding that the forecast was based on an expected 8 per cent increase in economic growth. Port figures showed that 16,642,542 tonnes passed through the port in 2011, compared to 22,483,915 tonnes in 2010. Abidjan handles about half of all of the cocoa produced in Côte d’Ivoire.


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