In the first six months of this year the traffic in the port of Savona is diminished of 12.4%



In the first six months of this year the port of Savona has enlivened beyond 6,2 million tons of goods, with a bending of 12.4% regarding 7,1 million tons totaled in the first half of 2011. The Harbour Authority of from Liguria port of call has announced that the emphasized decrease more is recorded in the goods in import, with a loss of about 500 thousand tons, while that in export is diminished of about 300 thousand tons.

Altogether - it has specified the agency - the losses are concentrated mainly in the field of the liquid bulk, in maximum part in the import of crude oil (about 350 thousand tons in less) and have recorded decreases also refined and other fuel, with much probability - Port Authority has explained - due to the minor demanded for the high prices reached from fuels.

Are diminished also goods conventional (about 500 thousand tons) with particular reference to section containers and yield, while for the iron worker a stasis that is crossing the field, with glares is evidenced that are suffered on the movements are of semifinished metallic that on necessary minerals for workings (- 22%).

The relative traffics to the new motor vehicles in import or export have shown a substantial estate, while the commercial means to root cause of the closing of the line of ferries of Blue Roads for Termini Imerese are dropped, although - it has emphasized the harbour agency - it has been an increase, in unit, of the passengers who use the ferries for the Corsica and the Sardinia.

In controtendenza the section solid bulk that the first semester of 2012 with an increment of about 170 thousand tons (+12% has closed). On one side a contraction of the movement of minerals and the granaglie to alimentary use lasts, while meaningfully it is increased import of solid mineral fuel (about 160 thousand the tons) and of the other solid bulk almost all concentrated on Terminal High Backdrops (+142 thousand tons) and Terminal Italy Bulk (+61,000 tons).

In the segment of the container the traffic almost has been halved coming down gives last year beyond 75 thousand teu in the first semester to 39 thousand teu, bending - it has explained the Harbour Authority - consequent to the displacement of the line of Hamburg Süd from Goes to beginning year.

The traffic of the passengers has been of beyond 393 thousand unit, down of 19.4% on the first six months of 2011. The harbour agency has found that the field of the cruises, after a beginning year characterized from the sign negative consequence of the January shipwreck of Costa Concordia, in June has marked an increase of 18.5% (pairs to 9.000 passengers in more on the same month of 2011) with the forecast closing the year in course on the same numbers of 2011 (950 thousand passengers). Moreover it has specified the Harbour Authority - the section cruises seems to have well absorbed the beginning incident year and the advance of calendar 2013 with 240 approaches, regarding the 214 of 2012 ago to preview an ulterior increase of the traffic. The section you ferry, instead, has archived item first semester 2012 with an increase of 19 thousand fleeting (+24%).

While the Danish ambassador in Italy, Birger Riis-Jørgensen, has visited the port of Vado Ligure, inquiring on the state of the work for the realization of the platform container of shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk that will rise in the harbour basin and that it would have to be realized in four years.