According to Statistics Lithuania, also fewer passengers went through the port's quays, a decrease of 4.1% year-on-year to 88.8k ferry passengers only, as the coronavirus pandemic puts into question whether the 2020 cruise season will take place at all.
A total of 551k consignments (+2.8% year-on-year) was transported across the Transalpine via Switzerland corridor, followed by Non-transalpine (+22.8% yoy to 432k) and Transalpine via Austria and France (+5.8% yoy to 41k).
"Although we were able to pick up a bit of tailwind at the beginning of the year, we anticipate that the coronavirus pandemic will have very significant impacts in 2020, beginning in the second quarter," Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO, Hapag-Lloyd, commented.
A total of 1,652k TEUs (-4.1% year-on-year) was taken care of by HHLA's three container terminals in the Port of Hamburg, while the remaining 144k TEUs (+0.1% yoy) were added by the facilities in Tallinn and Odessa.
The company's ships also carried 41k vehicles (excl. pax cars), a decrease of 4.7% year-on-year, and 247kt of non-unitised freight, 13.9% less than in Q1 2019.