A good year for the Baltic port of Lübeck
Even compared to the pre-Corona year 2019, handling volumes hat Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), including the leased terminals, rose by almost 6% to around 23.7 million t, as preliminary projections indicate. The ro-ro sector was particularly successful, while the figures in the labour-intensive forest products sector continued to fall.
In its core business - forest products, cardboard and paper - LHG suffered a further combined decline of 24.6% (just under 1.3 million t), as had been expected. It restructured its cargo flows and concentrated the handling of forest products at the Skandinavienkai and Schlutup terminals.
The number of trucks handled grew by around 5.5% (around 402,000 trucks) and trailers by around 8% (almost 380,000 units) compared to 2019. Throughput of new vehicles rose by 25% (around 87,300 motor vehicles) with newly acquired volumes.
The LHG subsidiary Baltic Rail Gate also benefited from ro-ro growth. Over 126,000 units were moved at the Intermodal Terminal at Skandinavienkai, a new record.
LHG managing director Sebastian Jürgens: "Above all, we are pleased that we were able to continue seamlessly from 2019 and successfully improve our performance in close cooperation with our customers.” (sh)