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Stable the traffic of the goods in the port of Barcelona to April
Attenuation of the bending of the volumes of goods several and liquid bulk. In increase the solid bulk
May 31, 2012
After nine consecutive months of bending, last month the volume of traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona has turned out stable being piled to 3,5 million tons, an analogous volume to that totaled in the April of 2011.
Last month in the field of the goods several tons (- 3%), of which 1,4 million containerizzate tons of goods (- 7%) with a movimentazione of 139.014 are enlivened altogether 2,2 million container teu (- 11%) and 790 thousand conventional tons of goods (+6%). The liquid bulk has attested to 889 thousand tons (- 4%), of which 689 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (- 12%) and 200 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (+39%), and the bulk sand banks to 408 thousand tons (+77%).
Last month the traffic of the passengers has been of 297 thousand unit (- 13%), of which 203 thousand crocieristi (- fleeting 6%) and 94 thousand of regular lines (- 25%).
In the first quadrimestre of the 2012 Catalan port it has enlivened altogether 13,4 million tons of goods, with a decrease of 8% regarding the correspondent period last year. The goods several has totaled 8,5 million tons (- 11%), of which 5,5 million tons of containerizzati cargos (- 19%) with a movimentazione pairs to 549.597 teu (- 21%) and 2,9 million conventional tons of goods (+6%). The liquid bulk has been 3,4 million tons (- 12%), of which 2,7 million tons of hydrocarbons (- 18%) and 715 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (+26%) and the bulk sand banks 1,5 million tons (+44%).
In the January-April period of this year the traffic of the passengers has been of 600 thousand unit (- 10%), of which 362 thousand crocieristi (- fleeting 12%) and 239 thousand of the services ferry (- 7%).
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