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To August the traffic goods in the port of Barcelona is diminished of 2.2%
Passengers down of 19.2%
October 8, 2012
Last August the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona is diminished of 2.2% attesting itself to 3,5 million tons regarding 3,6 million totaled tons in August 2011. The bulk sand banks, piled to 408 thousand tons, has shown a rise of 19.9% that is balanced negatively from the decrease of the other types of traffic. In the section of the goods several pairs to 160.960 teu (- 6.5%) and 741 thousand are enlivened about altogether 2,3 million tons (- 3.1%), of which 1,5 million containerized tons of goods (- 7.2%) with a handling of the container conventional tons of goods (+6.5%). The liquid bulk traffic is dropped of 8.0% to 833 thousand tons, of which 695 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (- 3.2%) and 137 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (- 26.5%).
Last August the traffic of the passengers in the Catalan port has been of 528 thousand unit (- 19.2%), of which 305 thousand crocieristi (- fleeting 21.0%) and 224 thousand of ferries (- 16.7%).
In the first eight months of the 2012 port of Barcelona it has enlivened 28,0 million tons of goods, with a contraction of 5.1% regarding the correspondent period last year. The goods several is diminished of 9.6% to 17,9 million tons, of which 11,6 million containerized tons of goods (- 15.8%) with a handling of containers pairs to 1.171.548 teu (- 17.3%) and 6,3 million conventional tons of goods (+5.0%). The bulk sand banks has totaled 3,2 million tons (+35.4%) and the liquid bulk 6,9 million tons (- 6.4%), of which 5,4 million tons of hydrocarbons (- 11.4%) and 1,5 million tons of other liquid bulk (+18.2%).
In the period January-August of this year the traffic of the passengers is added to 2,3 million unit (- 14.5%), of which 1,5 million crocieristi (- fleeting 15.1%) and 787 thousand of regular lines (- 13.4%).
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Last August the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona is diminished of 2.2% attesting itself to 3,5 million tons regarding 3,6 million totaled tons in August 2011. The bulk sand banks, piled to 408 thousand tons, has shown a rise of 19.9% that is balanced negatively from the decrease of the other types of traffic. In the section of the goods several pairs to 160.960 teu (- 6.5%) and 741 thousand are enlivened about altogether 2,3 million tons (- 3.1%), of which 1,5 million containerized tons of goods (- 7.2%) with a handling of the container conventional tons of goods (+6.5%). The liquid bulk traffic is dropped of 8.0% to 833 thousand tons, of which 695 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (- 3.2%) and 137 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (- 26.5%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
