The Port Authority of Savona has announced that the first three months of 2011 the trend of traffic in the port of Savona-Vado show light and shadow. Positive trend in the field of various goods for the steel (+125% over first quarter 2010) as well as for traffic of vegetable oils for biodiesel (+89%) and cereals (+29%). Good - took over the port authority - the resumption of traffic at the Terminal High Grounds for coal (+38%) and performance is still growing for the cruise industry that recorded in three months +18.7 % of passengers in transit.
In fall, however, traffic in the energy sector where the decline has been around 15%, a fall - said the Port Authority - significant but not surprising and confirms the continuation of the general crisis marked by inflation over the past two months the price of oil. Substantial holding in the other sectors (pulp, forest, ro-ro).
Contraction also of container traffic (-24%).This decline - according to port authority - is "related to the rationalization of the scale of companies in a phase of fierce pricing competition on routes from intra-Mediterranean and South America and highlighted by not suffer from the market recovery in the Far East for the I go on as there are no lines. " "I follow closely the evolution of this industry - said the chairman of the Port Authority, Rino Canavese - and I think that the decline is of a temporary character, since the terminal is already working to provide customers with transportation services and delivery Even more competitive. I think this is the right way to face the new challenges of the market also starting to become more competitive in terms of logistics having verified that good in terms of port operations. "
Down (about -5%), including traffic in the vegetable compartment. The Port Authority said that the industry blames the downsizing of the traffic impact from the markets of North Africa for months subsequent to the conflicts that are investing in countries on the southern shore of the Mediterranean and is an expected drop in the terminal in Vado (Reefer Terminal), which had already tabled a start to the year with less traffic for moving Agrexco the French port of Sete.The arrival at Savona, in early 2009, the Israeli company - said the port authority - had, in fact, a two-year term. "The volume of fruit handled by our port until the end of March - said Canavese - is approximately 206mila tons, a figure that does not yet include the resumption of trade for imports of bananas from a major customer, including the ' other already confirmed after a break. The numbers in the sector are still very significant especially when compared to other Mediterranean ports for similar type of goods. "
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The Port Authority of Savona has announced that the first three months of 2011 the trend of traffic in the port of Savona-Vado show light and shadow. Positive trend in the field of various goods for the steel (+125% over first quarter 2010) as well as for traffic of vegetable oils for biodiesel (+89%) and cereals (+29%). Good - took over the port authority - the resumption of traffic at the Terminal High Grounds for coal (+38%) and performance is still growing for the cruise industry that recorded in three months +18.7 % of passengers in transit. 
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