In October the port of Barcelona has accused a decrease of 19.1% of the traffic of the goods



Last month the traffic of the goods in the port of Barcelona has accused a decrease of 19.1% attesting almost 3,3 million to tons respect to beyond four million tons enlivened in October 2010.

The goods several is piled to altogether 2,4 million tons (- 7.0%), of which 1,6 million tons of goods in container (- 11.2%) and 760 thousand conventional tons of goods (+3.3%). The containerized trade in terms of container from 20 ' (teu) has been pairs to 162.750 teu (- 14.3%).

In the field of the liquid bulk tons (- 42.3%), of which 486 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (- 46.3%) and 135 thousand are enlivened 620 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (- 21.2%). The solid bulk has attested to 307 thousand tons (- 6.2%).

The traffic of the passengers has been of 384 thousand unit (+5.9%), of which 318 thousand crocieristi (+6.2%) and 66 thousand fleeting of regular lines (+4.4%).

In the first ten months of the 2011 Catalan port of call it has enlivened a total of 36,4 million tons of goods, with an increment of 2.5% regarding 35,5 million tons in the January-October period last year. The goods several tons (+6.1% have been 24,5 million), of which 17,0 million tons of goods in container (+7.7%) and 7,5 million conventional tons of goods (+2.5%). The container in box from 20 ' has been pairs to 1.748.897 teu (+8.4%). The liquid bulk has been 8,9 million tons (- 5.6%), of which 7,4 million tons of hydrocarbons (- 7.5%) and 1,5 million tons of other produced (+4.6%). The solid bulk has totaled 3,0 million tons (+1.3%).

In the first ten months of this year the traffic of the passengers has been of 3,5 million unit (+11.8%), of which 2,4 million crocieristi (+14.5%) and 1,1 million passengers of ferries (+6.2%).

Yesterday while, to a year from the first railway convoy goods journeyed on the new line to normal gauge that connects the port of Barcelona with the European markets ( on 21 December 2010), on the same line the first train loaded with new cars of directed factory to Fuersterhausen has left, in Germany, with on board 240 vehicles SEAT. The train, along 603 meters and composed by 22 wagons, is loaded near the Autoterminal, the terminal of Barcelona specialized in handling of vehicles, and is managed by the Hispanauto pool to which to the Spanish Transfesa and Semat and French STVA participate.