The Port of Hamburg has reported impressive first half figures showing container handling up by 14.3% to 4.8m TEU and the total volume of cargo handled up by 5% at 69.5m tons. Container handling at the Port has more than doubled since the most recent fairway deepening in the Lower Elbe in 1999. The Port believes it is on track for a record breaking transhipment volume of 140m tons by the end of the year, with container handling expected to reach 9.8m TEU.