Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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In the 2011 traffic in the port of Antwerp it has grown of 4.6%
Volumes record for the goods containerized and the liquid bulk
December 30, 2011
In entire the 2011 port of Antwerp it has enlivened about 186,4 million tons of goods, with a progression of 4.6% you respect to 178,2 million tons in 2010. In the field of the container the traffic has grown of 2.2% attesting to the quota record of 104.779.157 tons for a handling of the container pairs to 8.638.311 teu (+2.0%). The traffic of the rotabili is piled to 4.219.597 tons (+13.3%) and handling of motors vehicle has been pairs to 1.056.122 units (+14.7%). The goods conventional has totaled 12.772.956 tons (+14.8%).
In the section of the bulk 64.585.083 tons are enlivened altogether, with an increase of 6.3% on 2010. The liquid bulk has recorded a volume record of 46.095.431 tons (+12.4%), while those solid ones have been 18.489.652 tons (- 6.5%).
This year the Belgian port is scaled by 15.230 ships (+3.0%) for a total of 314.437.464 tons of tonnage (+8.3%).
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