STATISTICS REPORT GERMANY

A project within the Interreg IIIB North Sea Programme STATISTICS REPORT GERMANY Unitised Goods Flows via Ports in Germany Annex 1.3.3.5 to the Final Report February 2007

PREFACE This technical paper including separate databases for unitised goods flows via German North Sea and Baltic Sea ports, and traffic through the Kiel Canal ( Nord-Ostsee Kanal ) has been elaborated as part of the SUTRANET project (Work Package 1: Transport Research and Development Network). SUTRANET ( Sustainable Transport Research & Development Network in the North Sea Region ) is a project within the framework of the European Commission s (EC s) Interreg IIIB North Sea Programme. The aim of the paper is to provide a basis for the analysis of available statistics as regards unitised goods flows via ports in Germany with a view to international freight traffic in the North Sea Region. The paper gives a short presentation of the available data sources and relevant statistics. It is assumed that all German ports, which handle unitised goods flows in international traffic, to a varying degree represent transport links related with the North Sea Region (NSR). The SUTRANET databases for ports in Germany and for traffic through the Kiel Canal are presented separately as Excel files and structured in a way so that they are consistent with similar SUTRANET databases elaborated on unitised goods flows for other countries in the NSR. This enables a comparison and analysis of data across the countries. The paper includes two parts: - German Port Statistics, and - Information on the Kiel Canal Statistics. The paper identifies some shortcomings of the present port statistics to be resolved in order to improve and harmonise the statistical reporting on unitised goods traffic in between the countries bordering the North Sea. The paper and the SUTRANET databases for German ports and the Kiel Canal have been elaborated by researchers and specialists at ISL Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics, Bremen. SUTRANET, February 2007 Jorgen Kristiansen, Aalborg University Some few editorial modifications have been added by Aalborg University in June 2007. Jorgen Kristiansen, Aalborg University i

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Overview of the SUTRANET Databases for German Ports 1 Part 1: 2 1.1 Data Collection... 3 1.2 Data Characteristics and Availability. 4 1.3 Data Problems.6 Part 2: 8 2.1 Statistical Information about the Kiel Canal provided by the WSD Nord. 9 Annexes: Annex 1: Unitised Goods Flows via German Ports Annex 2: Seaborne Container Traffic via Hamburg and Bremerhaven Annex 3: Kiel Canal Transit Traffic ii

Overview of the SUTRANET Databases for German Ports The SUTRANET databases consist of information about: Annex 1: Unitised Goods Flows via German Ports Comparative Tables for the years 2003-2005; Annex 2: Seaborne Container Traffic via Hamburg and Bremerhaven - - Development 1990-2005 - Distribution on Countries in Northern and Western Europe 2004 and 2005 Annex 3: Kiel Canal Transit Traffic - - RoRo vessels 1996-2005 - Container traffic 1996-2005 - All types of cargo 2003-2005. Similar database structures as presented in Annex 1 have been elaborated for ports handling unitised goods in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, UK, and partly the Netherlands/Belgium. The complete databases (Annexes 1-3) can be provided as Excel files on request to the SUTRANET secretary, ref. the website www.sutranet.org. Location of German Ports Handling Unitised Goods The SUTRANET databases include the following ports in Germany which have been identified as handling unitised goods with foreign origin or destination in 2003-2005: North Sea ports: Baltic Sea ports: 1. Hamburg 7. Rostock 2. Bremerhaven 8. Lübeck 3. Wilhelmshaven 9. Puttgarden 4. Cuxhaven 10. Kiel 5. Brake 11. Sassnitz 6. Emden 1

Part 1: German Port Statistics Prepared by: Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) 2

1.1 Data Collection The ISL databases regarding German maritime transport contains annual data. These data are derived from the Federal Statistical Office in Germany and provide maritime data for transport of net weight of goods (in tonnes), excluding tare weight of the loading equipment. Since 2000, the data collection is based on the terms of EU Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea and of Commission Decisions 98/385/EC and 2000/363/EC. The German maritime transport data have been calculated using data collected at port level, e.g. data is sampled from German sea ports, monthly transmitted to the competent Federal States Statistical Offices (Statistische Landesämter) 1. After data collecting and data compilation, data are transmitted to the Federal Statistical Office in Germany. The data used in the statistics are collected by the different data providers at port level: ship agents, operators terminal operators customs private companies port authority. According to information of the port authorities, up to 40% of the relevant statistical information is reported by ship agents/operators in an electronic exchange. It would be a great help for the port authorities or Federal Statistical Offices respectively, if all ship operators / agents will use in future the electronic way of data exchange. The reporting procedure is illustrated on Figure 1. Figure 1: Maritime statistical flow to statistic agency State of Bremen Federal Statistical Office (StaBu) StaLa Bremen Ship agents Port authority or Plus additional information from SIS dbh Bremen Ports databases Source: Ministry for Economic Affairs and Ports, Bremen 1 Web address: http://www.statistik-bremen.de and. http://www.statistik-nord.de 3

1.2 Data Characteristics and Availability ISL Data ISL seaborne trade data are derived from the German Federal Statistical Office on a yearly basis and include the following items: transport flow: incoming / outgoing German ports ports abroad 52 commodity groups, based on the uniform nomenclature of goods for transport statistics (NST/R) weight of the goods, e.g. the tonnage of goods carried, including packaging but excluding the tare weight of containers or RoRo units transported TEUs loading category (container, RoRo, liquid bulk, dry bulk, break bulk). The above mentioned maritime data have been available since 2001. It is worth mentioning, that maritime data provided by the German Federal Statistical Office are available at port level in Germany and abroad, whereas data provided by EUROSTAT are published on a port level for each reporter country and abroad on coastal areas or on country level. ISL seaborne trade data are with costs. Public Data by the Federal Statistical Office Germany With regard to cargo turnover in the German ports, the German Federal Statistical Office publishes monthly data, differentiated by German ports, cargo flows, commodity groups, loading categories and weight of the goods in tonnes. These data are free of charge and could be downloaded on the official web page 2 (see example in the following tables). 2 http://www-ec.destatis.de/csp/shop/sfg/vollanzeige.csp?id=1019482 4

Table 1: Port turnover for selected German ports, December 2005 Ports last year per anno by Month accumulated January til... ) change current last month last last last year current year change month year month 1,000 tons % 1,000 tons % North Sea Ports Hamburg 8 426 9 087 9 597 13,9 5,6 99 529 108 253 8,8 Wilhelmshaven 3 454 3 604 3 743 8,4 3,9 44 956 45 977 2,3 Bremen/Bremerhaven 3 938 4 051 4 046 2,7-0,1 45 370 46 655 2,8 Brunsbüttel 535 450 695 30,0 54,5 6 896 6 598-4,3 Brake 428 449 648 51,5 44,4 5 002 5 309 6,1 Bützfleth 423 481 533 25,9 10,8 4 697 4 984 6,1 Emden 271 309 298 10,0-3,4 3 498 3 597 2,8 Nordenham 340 228 400 17,7 75,2 3 535 3 780 6,9 Cuxhaven 128 179 131 2,7-26,7 1 594 1 833 15,0 Leer 13 10 16 27,5 63,5 180 146-19,2 Papenburg 31 33 25-18,6-23,8 443 343-22,4 Husum 29 32 25-12,8-21,2 326 335 2,9 other North sea ports in Schleswig-Holstein 45 108 53 17,4-51,5 1 529 1 218-20,3 other North sea ports in Lower Saxony 47 51 44-6,4-13,7 636 623-2,1 North Sea Total 18 107 19 072 20 254 11,9 6,2 218 190 229 652 5,3 Ports in the Baltic Sea Rostock 1 387 1 579 1 470 5,9-6,9 16 367 17 147 4,8 Lübeck 1 588 1 646 1 544-2,8-6,2 19 168 18 848-1,7 Puttgarden 292 351 307 5,0-12,7 3 574 3 735 4,5 Kiel 227 294 275 21,2-6,4 2 986 3 099 3,8 Wismar 296 302 310 4,8 2,6 2 804 3 750 33,7 Saßnitz 206 229 197-4,1-13,8 2 858 2 623-8,2 Lubmin 21 40 31 49,0-22,8 216 332 53,6 Wolgast 32 36 31-3,2-13,6 568 439-22,7 Stralsund 84 94 69-18,0-26,9 963 877-8,9 Flensburg 28 44 62 120,1 40,2 523 555 6,0 Rendsburg 10 9 9-4,6 3,8 322 245-24,0 other Baltic Sea ports in Schleswig-Holstein 16 16 11-34,5-33,7 259 270 4,1 other Baltic Sea ports in Mecklenburg-Vorp. 49 54 28-42,6-47,5 463 545 17,8 Baltic Sea Total 4 236 4 694 4 343 2,5-7,5 51 071 52 464 2,7 Source: Federal Statistical Office Germany Germany Total 22 343 23 777 24 606 10,1 3,5 269 261 282 235 4,8 Web-address: http://www-ec.destatis.de/csp/shop/sfg/vollanzeige.csp?id=1019482 5

Table 2: Port turnover for Rostock by commodity groups, December 2005 Commodity groups Loading category unit last year change current last month last last last year current year change month year month 1,00 % 1,00 % Incoming by Month per anno accumulated January til... ) Commodities Agricultural products and live animals tons 458 668 633 38,3-5,3 6 235 7 778 24,7 Foodstuffs and animal fodder tons 989 969 1 260 27,4 30,1 11 544 13 067 13,2 Solid mineral fuels tons 1 158 918 1 283 10,8 39,8 13 705 12 351-9,9 Petroleum products tons 3 951 3 899 4 333 9,7 11,1 48 902 49 544 1,3 ores and metal waste tons 1 566 1 671 1 379-11,9-17,4 19 210 18 827-2,0 Metal products tons 303 264 413 36,6 56,5 3 609 4 062 12,6 Crude and manufactured minerals tons 713 760 740 3,8-2,6 9 534 9 429-1,1 Fertilizers tons 164 190 87-47,0-54,1 1 624 1 561-3,9 Chemicals tons 687 682 778 13,1 14,1 7 807 8 536 9,3 Machinery, manaufactured articles tons 3 799 4 146 3 948 3,9-4,8 46 318 47 103 1,7 thereof: special transport equipment tons 1 891 1 913 1 729-8,6-9,6 23 193 21 712-6,4 Total tons 13 787 14 167 14 855 7,7 4,9 168 490 172 257 2,2 thereof: ferry traffic tons 1 481 1 768 1 580 6,7-10,7 18 900 18 996 0,5 Loading category Bulk tons 8 048 7 735 8 450 5,0 9,2 98 317 96 591-1,8 General cargo tons 5 740 6 432 6 405 11,6-0,4 70 172 75 666 7,8 thereof: Containers tons 3 595 3 947 3 993 11,1 1,2 42 911 47 073 9,7 RoRo tons 1 334 1 588 1 389 4,1-12,5 17 118 16 937-1,1 Container TEU 3) 447 517 523 16,9 1,1 5 414 6 113 12,9 thereof: loaded containers TEU 3) 378 432 431 14,1-0,2 4 564 5 098 11,7 No of vehicles no 187 197 186-0,3-5,4 2 979 2 980 0,0 Tare weight of container tons 906 1 046 1 058 16,9 1,2 10 961 12 373 12,9 Tare weight of vehicles tons 972 1 113 991 2,0-11,0 13 110 16 102 22,8 Source: Federal Statistical Office Germany Web-address: http://www-ec.destatis.de/csp/shop/sfg/vollanzeige.csp?id=1019482 1.3 Data Problems Commodity Groups According to the EU directive, 24 groups of goods based on the uniform nomenclature of goods for transport statistics (NST/R) should be reported. In future, once the countries agree and the Council decides it, it will be replaced with the NST 2000 nomenclature, e.g. 19 commodity groups. The German Federal Statistical Office even hold 52 commodity groups NST/R-2 digits) referring to maritime transport. However regarding the commodity groups, main ports like Hamburg or Bremen/Bremerhaven are having massive problems to identify those commodities, which were transported in containers. Often the commodities were covered in the diverse group 99 (miscellaneous articles). As a comparison: Ports like Rotterdam and Antwerp do not publish commodity groups in maritime container transport. Antwerp uses their own commodity group containers 3 and Rotterdam uses strictly the official commodity group 99 for containerised cargo. With a view to commodity groups, on a European port-to-port level data are not comparable. 3 Commodities are only known for non-containerised cargo. All containerised cargo appears as Containers 6

Thus, the EU s view to hold on to 24 (19) commodity groups, is in no way realistic anymore. The reported loading category is the only reliable source with a view to the commodity structure. Other Statistical Needs Information on the port hinterland traffic and on transhipment is not available, but would be relevant for maritime issues. Due to missing regulations, such important information is not recorded / collected. Even though hinterland or transhipment data are frequently requested, e.g. from ship operators, ports or administration, there are no statistics available at all. Port authorities are reporting occasional, sporadic information concerning modal split, but hinterland traffic with origin/destination cannot be published. In view of transhipment traffic, even port authorities have no information regarding container flows in that sector. Besides the pure port turnover, statistics for some other statistical needs could be interesting for various tasks, like e.g.: port employment statistics, value of the handled commodities, port investments, port production statistics (value added, etc). 7

Part 2: Information on the Kiel Canal Statistics Prepared by: Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) 8

2.1 Statistical Information about the Kiel Canal Provided by the WSD Nord 4 The world s busiest artificial waterway, the KIEL CANAL (known in Germany as the NORD-OSTSEE-KANAL) runs for almost 100 km right through Schleswig-Holstein - from Brunsbüttel to Kiel-Holtenau - and links the North Sea with the Baltic Sea. An average of 250 nautical miles will be saved by using the KIEL CANAL instead of the way around Skaw. Today the KIEL CANAL is the basis for the trade between the countries of the Baltic area with the rest of the world. Data Characteristics and Availability The WSD Nord provides detailed data for the Kiel Canal. On request, the following data can be prepared by the WSD and is with costs: direction of the vessel (eastbound, westbound), origin/destination of the vessel (vessel relation), number of vessels, loading weight in tonnes (excluding tare weight), ship type, ship dimensions (dwt, gt and TEU), flag of the vessel, and transported commodity groups (15 commodity groups). Detailed data, compiled and produced by the WSD Nord, is only available on a yearly basis for the period 1996 2005. Kiel Canal Statistics in the ISL In-house, Kiel Canal data is only available in a printable version. On a monthly and yearly basis, data are available since about 15 years. The statistics shows monthly data, differentiated by: direction of the transport (eastbound, westbound) traffic form, transit traffic or local canal traffic number of vessels loading in tonnes ship type and commodity groups (15 commodity groups). 4 Wasser- und Schifffahrtsdirektion Nord, Kiel 9

Printed data for the Kiel Canal do not show the connection between ship type and loading category. Meanwhile, Kiel Canal data on a monthly and yearly basis is available on the Internet and is free of charge. 5 On the official web side of the Kiel Canal, yearly data for the years 2000-2003 are available and can be downloaded without costs. 6 Furthermore, monthly data can be downloaded exclusively for the present month. Monthly data backwards are also available on request without costs. The following tables (also included in the SUTRANET Annex 3 database) show yearly data for the Kiel Canal with regard to container vessels and RoRo cargo ships respectively: Table 3: Kiel Canal transit traffic for container ships, 1996-2005 year Direction Loading in tons No of vessels 1996 East-West 2.045.724 833 West-East 297.053 148 Total 2.342.777 981 1997 East-West 1.448.764 591 West-East 1.409.846 673 Total 2.858.610 1.264 1998 East-West 2.047.458 878 West-East 2.065.700 1.100 Total 4.113.158 1.978 1999 East-West 4.067.656 1.417 West-East 1.589.391 871 Total 5.657.047 2.288 2000 East-West 4.754.953 1.603 West-East 2.427.369 1.133 Total 7.182.322 2.736 2001 East-West 6.047.262 1.896 West-East 4.079.247 1.629 Total 10.126.509 3.525 2002 East-West 7.526.833 2.319 West-East 4.935.259 1.887 Total 12.462.092 4.206 2003 East-West 8.811.989 2.442 West-East 6.360.076 2.114 Total 15.172.065 4.556 2004 East-West 8.422.844 2.222 West-East 8.146.493 2.476 Total 16.569.337 4.698 2005 East-West 10.346.873 2.715 West-East 9.595.648 2.605 Total 19.942.521 5.320 Source: WSD Nord. Web-address: http://www.kiel-canal.org/english.htm 5 Web-address: http://www.kiel-canal.org/english.htm 6 The annual reports for the years 2004 and 2005 will be available soon 10

Table 4: Kiel Canal transit traffic for RoRo vessels, 1996-2005 year Direction Loading in tons No of vessels Source: WSD Nord 1996 East-West 2.413.016 735 West-East 772.674 683 Total 3.185.690 1.418 1997 East-West 2.012.178 667 West-East 766.305 745 Total 2.778.483 1.412 1998 East-West 2.804.334 955 West-East 977.270 871 Total 3.781.604 1.826 1999 East-West 1.880.314 777 West-East 868.912 878 Total 2.749.226 1.655 2000 East-West 3.137.334 930 West-East 1.106.956 878 Total 4.244.290 1.808 2001 East-West 2.810.259 770 West-East 1.439.208 901 Total 4.249.467 1.671 2002 East-West 3.007.891 805 West-East 1.594.666 920 Total 4.602.557 1.725 2003 East-West 3.103.008 784 West-East 1.577.760 892 Total 4.680.768 1.676 2004 East-West 3.476.363 891 West-East 1.695.736 961 Total 5.172.099 1.852 2005 East-West 2.983.942 924 West-East 1.826.304 1.067 Total 4.810.246 1.991 Web-address: http://www.kiel-canal.org/english.htm The annual data in the following table are partly derived from the Internet on the official web side of the Kiel Canal authority and show the total transit traffic for the main ship types. 11

Table 5: Kiel Canal transit traffic by ship types and direction 2003 2005 2003 Direction Loading in tons No of vessels Container East-West 8.811.989 2.442 vessels West-East 6.360.076 2.114 Total 15.172.065 4.556 Ro-Ro vessels East-West 3.103.008 784 West-East 1.577.760 892 Total 4.680.768 1.676 General Cargo East-West 18.467.999 7.861 vessels West-East 12.019.292 8.073 Total 30.487.291 15.934 all other East-West 11.747.399 2.746 types West-East 2.956.802 2.639 Total 14.704.201 5.385 Total East-West 42.130.395 13.833 traffic West-East 22.913.930 13.718 Total 65.044.325 27.551 2004 Direction Loading in tons No of vessels Container East-West 8.422.844 2.222 vessels West-East 8.146.493 2.476 Total 16.569.337 4.698 Ro-Ro vessels East-West 3.476.363 891 West-East 1.695.736 961 Total 5.172.099 1.852 General Cargo East-West 24.984.149 9.110 vessels West-East 12.660.750 8.790 Total 37.644.899 17.900 all other East-West 11.767.183 2.710 types West-East 2.931.197 2.578 Total 14.698.380 5.288 Total East-West 48.650.539 14.933 traffic West-East 25.434.176 14.805 Total 74.084.715 29.738 2005 Direction Loading in tons No of vessels Container East-West 10.346.873 2.715 vessels West-East 9.595.648 2.605 Total 19.942.521 5.320 Ro-Ro vessels East-West 2.983.942 924 West-East 1.826.304 1.067 Total 4.810.246 1.991 General Cargo East-West 25.506.780 9.154 vessels West-East 15.158.731 9.454 Total 40.665.511 18.608 all other East-West 13.265.936 2.873 types West-East 3.302.942 2.652 Total 16.568.878 5.525 Total East-West 52.103.531 15.666 traffic West-East 29.883.625 15.778 Total 81.987.156 31.444 Source: WSD Nord. Web-address: http://www.kiel-canal.org/english.htm 12