In the first half of the 2012 traffic of the goods in the port of Ravenna it is diminished of 11.4%



In the first semester of this year the traffic of the goods in the port of Ravenna is diminished altogether of 11.4% coming down to 10,8 million tons regarding 12,1 million tons enlivened in the first half of 2011. The import traffic is dropped of 12.1% to 9,3 million tons, while that of export has recorded a bending of 7.0% to 1,4 million tons.

In the first trimester of the 2012 traffic enlivened from the port it is piled to 5,1 million tons and in according to trimester to the 5,6 million one tons, with contractions respective of 12.1% and 10.8% on the correspondents periods last year.

In the first six months of the 2012 greater decrement it is totaled by the traffic of goods several that has been attested 3,8 million to tons, with a decrease of 18.9% regarding 4,7 million tons in the first half of 2011. The goods containerized pairs to 1,2 million tons (- 11.4%), the rotabili to 255 thousand tons (- 24.8% have been) and the other goods several to 2,4 million tons (- 21.5%). Handling of the container has been pairs to 102.481 teu (- 5.4%). In the field of the liquid bulk the traffic is diminished of 2.9% to 2,3 million tons and in that of the bulk sand banks it is come down of 8.3% to 4,6 million tons.

The section of the passengers has closed the first half of this year with a total of 41 thousand unit (- 33.3%), of which 40 thousand crocieristi (- 34.1%) and thousand passengers of ferries (+19.1%).

Commenting the results of traffic achieved from the port of call in the first semester of this year, the Harbour Authority of Ravenna it has evidenced that it is "however opportune to find as Ravenna had been one of the little Italian ports of call to grow in 2011 while the national portualità came for the majority invested from a traffic decrease that, second the data today known of the main Italian ports, continues to permanere also in 2012 in terms of volumes altogether exchanged. Such phenomenon - it has observed the agency - in general terms registers in a context of strong criticality for the European economies and Italian in particular that it has reflected consequent, as well as on the internal consumption, also on the foreign trade. According to the Istat, in fact, in the first five months of the year Italy has reduced the exchanges with foreign country measured in volume of 10.2% for imports (but -11,7% for the extra Countries EU) and of 0.9% for the exports. Being famous prevailing) and boarded the existing imbalance to Ravenna between goods disembarked (let alone the strong European valence of the goods journeyed for the port - it has concluded the Harbour Authority - appears obvious the correlation between the course of the harbour traffics and the national economy".