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In the port of Genoa the traffic of the container grows while the other cargo types drop
Last month the port of call has enlivened beyond 3,9 million tons of goods (- 8.9%)
May 29, 2012
In the port of Genoa the containerized trade emphasizes own trend of increase while the other cargo types enlivened from the port of call of the capital of Liguria accuse an important contraction of the volumes.
Last month the genoese port has totaled a traffic of beyond 3,9 million tons of goods, with a bending of 8.9% regarding 4,3 million tons in April 2011. The goods in container is increased of 17.5% to 1,8 million tons with a handling of containers pairs to 177.567 boxes from 20 ' (+20.0%), while the goods conventional is diminished of 11.9% to 662 thousand tons. Altogether the goods several is piled to 2,5 million tons (+7.8%).
In the field of the liquid bulk, the mineral oil volume is dropped of 32.7% to 914 thousand tons and the other bulk is diminished of 19.9% to 70 thousand tons, of which oil 37 thousand vegetables and wine (- 10.1%) and 33 thousand of chemicals (- 28.8%).
In the section of the bulk sand banks the traffic has been of 78 thousand tons (- 39.8%) to which they join in the industrial branch other 19 thousand tons of solid bulk (- 8.3%) and 320 thousand tons of iron worker (- 10.7%).
Emphasized also the reduction of the traffic of the passengers, that it has been pairs to 177 thousand unit (- 15.6%), of which 99 thousand fleeting of the ferries (- crocieristi 22.6%) and 78 thousand (- 4.7%).
In the first quadrimestre of the 2012 port of Genoa it has enlivened a total of 16,5 million tons of goods, with a decrease of 5.9% on the correspondent period last year. The passengers have been altogether 463 thousand unit (- 11.9%).
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In the port of Genoa the containerized trade emphasizes own trend of increase while the other cargo types enlivened from the port of call of the capital of Liguria accuse an important contraction of the volumes.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
