While dry bulk turnover rose by 19% year-on-year to 1.48mt, general cargo handling was flat at 6.43mt (of which ro-ro & ferry cargo accounted for 6.38mt, down 0.3% yoy).

Ro-ro cargo traffic totalled 182,555 trucks & trailers (-4.4% yoy).

Container traffic totted up to 18,819 TEUs (-17.3% yoy).

Intermodal rail traffic amounted to 21,672 cargo transport units (-25.1% yoy).

The Finished vehicle logistics sector handled 19,957 units (-1.2% yoy).

On the other hand, Kiel's passenger traffic advanced by 21.8% yoy to 2,824,318 travellers, of which the cruise sector accounted for 1,187,148 (214 calls).