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In the first nine months of this year the port of Antwerp has enlivened 142 million tons of goods (+7.5%)
The container pairs to 6,5 million teu (+3.1% have been)
October 18, 2011
In the first nine months of this year the port of Antwerp has enlivened 142.074.576 tons of goods, with a progression of 7.5% regarding 132.188.379 tons in the period January-september of 2010. Communicating the statistical data on the traffic the Harbour Authority of Antwerp has evidenced that, after a consisting increase of the volumes recorded in the first half of 2011, the trend of increase of the traffic has successively shown a slow down. More precisely, in the first trimester of the 2011 volume of total traffic it has turned out in increase of 12.7% on the correspondent trimester of 2010; in according to trimester of 2011 increase of 8.2% is totaled on according to trimester of 2010 and in the quarter next the traffic has grown only light (+1.9%) regarding the third trimester last year.
In the field of the container the traffic in the period January-september of this year is piled to 79,2 million tons, in increase of 2.7% regarding 77,1 million tons in the first nine months last year. The containerized trade in terms of container from 20 ' (teu) has been pairs to 6,5 million teu, with an increment of 3.1% regarding the 6,3 million one teu last year.
The traffic of the goods conventional/loose has been attested 9,7 million to tons (+16.0%), of which 6,5 million tons of iron worker (+37.3%), 560 thousand tons of paper and cellulose (- 33.0%), million tons of fruit (+2.8%) and 250 thousand tons of timber (+55.9%)
In the section ro-ro the traffic has been of 3,0 million tons (+11.3%) and the number of enlivened motors vehicle has been of 772.836 units (+15.2%).
The traffic of the bulk altogether has reached 50,1 million tons, with an increase of 14.0% on the first nine months of 2010. The liquid bulk has totaled 35,6 million tons (+21.6%), of which 3,8 million tons of oil traffic (+11.1%), 23,1 million tons of derivative of oil (+31.3%), 8,7 million tons of chemicals (+9.1%).
The bulk sand banks is diminished of 1.2% attesting itself to the 14,5 million one tons, of which 4,0 million tons of coal (+2.9%), 790 thousand tons of cereals (+13.8%), 1,2 million tons of sand and gravel (+4.7%), 2,2 million tons of minerals (- 9.9%), 3,5 million tons of fertilizers (- 2.3%) and 850 thousand tons of scrap irons (- 16.9%).
In the period January-september of the 2011 Belgian port is scaled by 11.630 ships (+5.6%) for a total of 238.990.232 tons of tonnage (+11.3%).
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In the first nine months of this year the port of Antwerp has enlivened 142.074.576 tons of goods, with a progression of 7.5% regarding 132.188.379 tons in the period January-september of 2010. Communicating the statistical data on the traffic the Harbour Authority of Antwerp has evidenced that, after a consisting increase of the volumes recorded in the first half of 2011, the trend of increase of the traffic has successively shown a slow down. More precisely, in the first trimester of the 2011 volume of total traffic it has turned out in increase of 12.7% on the correspondent trimester of 2010; in according to trimester of 2011 increase of 8.2% is totaled on according to trimester of 2010 and in the quarter next the traffic has grown only light (+1.9%) regarding the third trimester last year.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
