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In the first trimester of the 2012 traffic of the goods in the port of Marseilles it has recorded an increase of 0.9%
Goods several +22.9% and bulk sand banks +37.1%. Decrease of 8.8% of the liquid bulk
April 18, 2012
In the first trimester of the 2012 traffic of the goods in the port of Marseilles it has grown of 0.9% attesting almost 22,0 million tons regarding 21,8 million tons in the first three months last year.
In the field of the goods several tons (+22.9% are enlivened altogether 4,2 million), of which 2,6 million containerized tons of goods (+30.1%), 984 thousand tons of rotabili (+5.2%) and 694 thousand conventional tons of goods (+26.6%). The traffic of the container which counted in unit from 20 feet (teu) has been pairs to 259.968 teu (+25.8%).
In the section of the liquid bulk tons (- 8.8%), of which 13,9 million tons of hydrocarbons (with a bending of the -9,2% due mainly to the arrest warrant of the activity in the refineries of Reichstett, Cressier and Berre and to the arrest warrant for maintenance of the refinery of Mede) and 841 thousand tons of bulk chemistries and foods (- 0.7% are enlivened 14,7 million). The bulk sand banks has totaled 3,0 million tons, with an increment of +37.1% producing by the remarkable increase of the imports of raw materials in iron and steel field (+68%).
The traffic of the passengers has been of 208 thousand unit (+18.3%), of which 164 thousand fleeting of the regular lines (with an increase of determined +39.7% from the increases of the traffics with Tunisia of +80%, Algeria of +10% and the Corsica of crocieristi +47%) and 44 thousand (with a decrease of the -24,7% to which it has contributed to the loss of the ports of call weeklies magazine of Costa Concordia, been shipwrecked at the beginning of the year).
In the single freedom of expression the 2012 traffic has been pairs to 7,7 million tons (+6.1% on March 2011), of which 945 thousand containerized tons of goods (+13.8%), 363 thousand tons of rotabili (+8.4%), 266 thousand conventional tons of goods (+36.9%), 4,9 million tons of hydrocarbons (+0.1%), 311 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (- 16.0%) and 991 thousand tons of solid bulk (+41.0%).
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In the first trimester of the 2012 traffic of the goods in the port of Marseilles it has grown of 0.9% attesting almost 22,0 million tons regarding 21,8 million tons in the first three months last year.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
