Eurogate handles 12 million TEUs in 2005
German container terminal operator Eurogate handled 12.1 million TEUs in 2005, up 4.6 percent over 2004.
The fastest volume growth was in Hamburg, where Eurogate terminals box volumes increased 16 percent to 2.6 million TEUs. Throughput at Eurogate’s largest terminal in Bremerhaven increased 8 percent to 3.7 million TEUs. Box volume at its Italian container terminals arm Contship Italia Group, decreased 1.7 percent to 5.5 million TEUs.
Eurogate said it anticipates 9 percent volume growth in 2006.