Light decrease of the traffic of the passengers in the port of Bari in the first semester



In the first semester of this year the traffic of the passengers in the port of Bari is diminished of 1% attesting itself to 915.000 units regarding 928.285 in the first half of 2011. The Harbour Authority of the East has evidenced that "in a context of strong criticality for the European economies and of as much inactivity of the marine traffics, and in particular of the traffics you ferry, the statistical data of fine closing of semester, compared to that of pairs segment taken a census along the ports of the adriatic ridge, appears in held absolute".

The harbour agency of Bari has found moreover as the general data positively is dragged by cruises (+25% on the first semester of 2011). In particular in this field the port of call has grown in terms percentages on embarks (+25%) as well as on transits (+11%) thanks to the contemporary presence of the ships of Costa Crociere, MSC Crociere and Royal Caribbean Cruises, this last one from this year to Bari in home port.

The Harbour Authority has announced that in the field of the ferries the losses recorded are the following ones: Montenegro (- 11%), Croatia (- 10%), followed from Albania (- 7.2%) and from Greece (- 3,87). "These data, that they will go verified to the completion of the summery season - has explained the agency - sure are inserted in the general tendencies of bending of the generated fleeting movements from the serious economic crisis. It is necessary however to find as the inherent data the traffic with Greece represents a radical change of direction regarding the decrease recorded in the year 2011 that had been very 16 points. It also deserves great attention, in such difficult context - it has specified Port Authority - the data reported to the Tir, that it records to general level a positive sign pairs to 2.5%. Draft of the effect arranged of the increase of the segment on the line with the Montenegro - thanks to the new Fiat factory in Serbia, the plant of Kragujevac, inaugurated in last month of April, than esteem within the end of 2012 to be able to itself to produce until 200.000 cars the year - and of the substantial increase of the same segment on the line with Greece (+9%). A large result, this last one, than ago to think to a slow resumption of the commercial traffics with the other side. Other positive sign, always on the Greek front is the increase of the buses of 35.45%. For the first time, from the beginning of the crisis, they so return to grow the traffics with Greece".