<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Flagging volumes to and from China trade dragged down first-half throughput at Europe’s third-busiest container port, and Hamburg does not expect volume to reach pre-COVID-19 levels anytime soon.</p></div>

Flagging volumes to and from China trade dragged down first-half throughput at Europe’s third-busiest container port, and Hamburg does not expect volume to reach pre-COVID-19 levels anytime soon.

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<div><p>Germany’s Port of Hamburg has become the latest victim of the COVID-19 pandemic, reporting a double-digit decline in container throughput in the first half of 2020.</p><p>Hamburg’s container throughput slumped 12.4 percent year over year to 4.1 million TEU in the first six months of the year, driven down by a sharp decline in imports from China as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) shut down Europe for much of the second quarter and stifled consumer spending in China.</p><p>Containerized trade with China, Hamburg’s largest trading partner, collapsed by 16.4 percent in the first half compared with the same period last year, dragging...

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The impact of newbuilding deliveries with capacities of 18,000 TEUs and more will change the face of some deepsea shipping systems, along with the terminals and regional systems that are used within those networks, writes analyst Jeremy Masters.  </p></div>

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Bad weather in Q1, major infrastructure works in and around the port and geopolitical factors affecting trade networks are clouding the terminal operator's full-year outlook.</p></div>

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>A prime indicator of higher truckload contract pricing from DAT shows contract rates are still catching up with market conditions and may not peak until next year.</p></div>

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Terminal cuts in smaller markets will affect about 1% of the LTL doors in the ABF Freight network, which has more than 220 facilities. </p></div>

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Strength in project cargo demand is expected to outweigh dip in breakbulk volumes in July, leading to reduced available ship capacity. </p></div>

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