The yearly ‘Christmas jump’ in container trade has “almost completely failed to materialise” thanks to falling container volumes from Russia and China, says the Port of Hamburg.

The Port of Hamburg has reported a 6.8% year-on-year increase in container handling in the first half of 2014, despite average boxship delays of 70 hours.

The Port of Hamburg trounced regional volume growth averages during the first nine months of 2013 with a year-on-year growth of 6%.