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In April the traffic in the port of Taranto is diminished of 31.8%
In the first quadrimestre of 2012 a bending of 12.7% is recorded
June 4, 2012
Last April the traffic of the goods in the port of Taranto has recorded a bending of 31.8% attesting itself to three million tons regarding 4,4 million enlivened tons in April 2011. The import traffic has been pairs to 1,9 million tons (- 37.2%) and that of export to 1,2 million tons (- 20.9%).
The total decrease of the traffic is determined by the reduction of the volumes enlivened in every merceologico field. Last April the liquid bulk is piled to 330 thousand tons (- 45.6%) and that solid to 1,7 million tons (- 27.8%). The goods several has totaled 946 thousand tons (- 32.8%), of which 172 thousand containerized tons of goods (- 70.9%) and 773 thousand conventional tons of goods (- 5.2%).
In the first quadrimestre of the 2012 apulian port it has enlivened altogether 11,9 million tons of goods, with a contraction of 12.7% regarding 13,7 million tons in the January-April period last year. It disembarks are piled to 6,9 million tons (- 15.3%) and embark to it to 4,6 million tons (- 11.8%). The liquid bulk is diminished of 22.3% to 1,7 million tons, while the bulk sand banks has recorded an increment of 3.0% to 6,6 million tons. In the section of the goods several the traffic has been of 3,6 million tons (- 28.5%), of which 715 thousand tons of goods in container (- 60.0%) with a handling 42.571 pairs to container teu (- 59.8%) and 2,9 million conventional tons of goods (- 10.9%).
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