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Last August the traffic in the port of Genoa is diminished of 11.4%
In the field of the passengers down it is ferries (- 20.0%) that the cruises (- 13.6%)
October 17, 2011
Last August the trend descendant of the traffic of the goods in the port of Genoa feed at the beginning of this summer has quickly an accentuation being time to the negative also the tendency of the containerized trade. The from Liguria port of call has enlivened beyond altogether 3,9 million tons of cargos, with a decrease of 11.4% regarding 4,4 million tons in August 2010.
Last August the volume of the goods several is piled to 2,1 million tons (- 2.3%), of which 1,4 million containerized tons of goods (- 2.9%) and 701 thousand conventional tons of goods (- 1.0%). Handling of the container measured in unit from 20 ' (teu) has been pairs to 150.251 teu (- 0.3%). The solid bulk has attested to 85 thousand tons (- 58.2%). In the industrial section the solid bulk has been 17 thousand tons (+62.3%) and the iron worker 261 thousand tons (+69.2%). The mineral oil traffic is diminished of 27.2% to 1,2 million tons and that of the other liquid bulk is increased of 10.2% to 64 thousand tons.
The traffic of the passengers has accused altogether a decrease of 19.2% regarding August 2010 being piled to 653 thousand unit, of which 565 thousand to the terminal you ferry (- 20.0%) and 88 thousand to the terminal cruises (- 13.6%).
In the first eight months of the 2011 traffic of the goods it has been pairs to 34,8 million tons, in increase of the 1.5% on the correspondent period last year. The goods several has totaled 18,3 million tons (+3.8%), of which 12,5 million tons of containerized cargos (+5.7%) and 5,8 million conventional tons of goods (- 0.1%). The traffic of the container in terms of box from 20 ' has been pairs to 1.226.312 teu (+4.9%).
In the period January-August of this year the solid bulk has been 879 thousand tons (- 21.2%) to which they join in the industrial field other 158 thousand tons of bulk sand banks (- 2.4%) and 2,4 million tons of iron worker (+35.4%). The mineral oils have been 11,7 million tons (- 4.4%) and the other liquid bulk 582 thousand tons (+2.5%). In the section of the passengers the traffic has been almost 2,3 million unit (- 14.9%), of which 1,7 million passengers of the regular lines (- crocieristi 18.0%) and 536 thousand (- 3.3%).
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