[ Hamburg Handled 1.4 million Tonnes of Cargo for Korea ]

In 1998 the Port of Hamburg handled nearly 1.4 million tonnes of cargo
for Korea. Export traffic from Hamburg accounted for 707,300 tonnes,
while imports constituted 690,300 tonnes.
Hamburg is important, not just as the largest German port for German-
Korea trade, but also as a bridgehead for Korea’s foreign trade with
Scandinavia, Austria and the countries of Middle and Eastern Europe.
The big SE Asia vessels unload their cargoes onto feeder or inland wat
erway vessels, block trains and trucks. 97,000 tonnes passed through t
he Port of Hamburg destined for Poland, Hungary, Russia and the Czech
and Slovenia Republic in 1997 (latest figure), a growth of 50 percent
the volume of only two years ago. Further substantial growth is expect
ed for 1998 and 1999.
All told, 1997 transit traffic destined for Korea reached 121,000 tonn
es, while that coming from Korea totalled 184,000 tonnes.