In the third quarter of 2026, the Port of Hamburg handled about 28.4 million tons of goods, with a decrease of -2% on the same period as last year. Containerized traffic is remained stable both in terms of weight (20.1 million tons) and in terms of 20-foot containers (2.1 million TEUs). In growth in other miscellaneous goods with about 318 thousand tons (+59%). Dry bulk cargo fell by -3% to 5.9 million tons and the decline in bulk cargo was more pronounced amounted to 2.0 million tonnes (-12%).

In the first nine months of this year, the total volume of goods handled reached 84.5 million tonnes, down by -2.6% over the corresponding period of 2025. The Port Authority of the German airport specified that the reduction is mainly attributable to operating losses caused by the Bad weather at the beginning of the year, to the disruptions in the oil market following the conflict in Iran and, more recently, strikes. Important interventions were added to this modernization in container terminals.

In the period January-September of 2026, the movement of was equal to 6.1 million TEUs (-2.8%, with a -2.6% in tons). The port authority has announced that it is There has been an increase in TEUs handled to or from Singapore (+9.3%), India (+7.8%), Finland (+15.7%) and Sri Lanka (+3.7%), while the persistence of trade barriers continues to hinder trade with the US (-9.8%). As regards the China, which is the main trading partner of the port of Hamburg, volumes are almost back to 2025 levels (-0.6%).

In the first nine months of 2026, dry bulk cargo amounted to approximately 17.8 million tonnes (+1.7%), with a recovery in exports of cereals and imports of minerals. Bulk liquids, with about 6.1 million tons, marked a decrease of -13.3%. The pressure on global energy markets, caused by the conflict in Iran - explained the port authority - has led, starting from April, to a reduction in imports of petroleum products throughout Germany, in exchange for a significant increase in refinery production national ones.

The positive trend recorded in the miscellaneous goods and rolling stock has reversed the previous trend of downturn, bringing the sector, in the first nine months of this year, to a growth of +2.0% with a total of 853 thousand tons.