Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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The traffic of the goods enlivened from the German ports continuous to grow, but is still inferior to the level pre-crisis
In the first half of 2012 a total volume of 152 million tons (+5.1% is recorded)
September 27, 2012
first six months of the 2012 traffic of the goods enlivened from the German ports it has grown of 5.1% attesting itself to 152,0 million tons regarding 144,6 million tons totaled in the first semester last year. The national traffic is piled to 4,0 million tons (+25.0%), while the exports and the imports have attested respective 58,8 million to tons (+6.3%) and 89,2 million tons (+3.5%).
The single traffic of the container has been pairs to altogether 7,8 million container teu, with an increase of 3.6% on the first half of 2011. The more important increments have been those of the containerized trade with Sweden (+21%), Finland (+15%) and Mexico (+13.2%), while the traffic with China - that she is the main commercial partner of the German ports in the segment of the container - has shown a bending of 0.3%.
Also evidencing a resumption, the traffic enlivened altogether from the ports of Germany is however still inferior regarding that recorded before the beginning of the world-wide economic and finalcial crises: in the first semester of the 2008 German ports they had enlivened in fact a traffic of 162,4 million tons of goods.
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