Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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PORT OF TRIESTE MOVES 124,772 TEU (+24.38%) IN THE FIRST SEMESTER OF '97
All-time monthly high at Pier VII (19.437 TEU, +13,38%)
September 23, 1997
The first semester of 1997 recorded an overall handling of 124,772 teu, over the 100,317 teu handled in the same period of 1996 (+24.38%) with an all-time monthly high at Pier VII container terminal of 19,437 teu (+13.38%)
In one considers only general cargo, the commercial sector recorded a 16.32% increase.
The ferry traffic to and from Turkey and Greece showed an upward trend with increases in handled tons of +17.89% and + 49.68% respectively.
The trends of the individual sectors are as follows:
container, TEU
+24.37%
trucks on ferry boats
+18.31%
cargo transported on ferry boats
+19.02%
conventional cargo
+4.99%
The industrial sector recorded an increase of +11.27%.
Here are the trends of the individual terminals:
S.I.O.T.
+11.62%
"Ferriera di Servola" Ironworks
-21.15%
Mineral Oils free area
+36.58%
Industrial port (Zaule)
+67.45%
The balance of the statistical data of the Port of Trieste regarding the first semester of 1997 closes with a surplus of +5.63%, with 26,245,868 tons of incoming and outgoing cargo.
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