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the port of Genoa closes 2012 with an light bending of the traffic of the goods
Record of the container. Decrease of the bulk, the goods conventional and the passengers
January 18, 2013
In the 2012 traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Genoa it has recorded an light bending attesting itself almost 51,4 million tons, decreasing of 0.5% regarding 51,6 million tons in the year precedence. The contraction is determined by the reduction of the conventional bulk volumes and of goods, while the containerized trade has marked a remarkable increment reaching new records is as volume in tons that as number of enlivened containers.
In particular, the entire section of the goods several has closed 2012 with a total of 28,8 million tons (+4.7%), of which 20,6 million containerized tons of goods (+8.8%) and 8,2 million conventional tons of goods (- 4.3%). Handling of the containers has exceeded for the first time the million threshold two box from 20 ' attesting itself to 2.064.806 teu.
The traffic of the solid bulk is dropped of 41.3% to 839 thousand tons to which other 3,3 million tons (- 7.4%), of which 173 thousand tons of solid bulk (- 29.9% join in the industrial section) and 3,2 million tons of iron worker (- 5.7%).
The traffic of mineral oils is diminished of 3.9% to 16,4 million tons and the other liquid bulk is piled to 836 thousand tons (+0.7%), of which 330 thousand tons of oils vegetables and wine (- 9.1%) and 506 thousand tons of chemicals (+8.3%).
In the field of the passengers the traffic has totaled a contraction of 11.0% coming down to about 2,8 million unit, of which almost 2,0 million passengers of ferries (- crocieristi 14.7%) and 979 thousand (- 0.2%).
In the single month of December of the 2012 port of the capital of Liguria it has enlivened 3,9 million tons of goods, with a decrease of 2.9% regarding December 2011.
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In the 2012 traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Genoa it has recorded an light bending attesting itself almost 51,4 million tons, decreasing of 0.5% regarding 51,6 million tons in the year precedence. The contraction is determined by the reduction of the conventional bulk volumes and of goods, while the containerized trade has marked a remarkable increment reaching new records is as volume in tons that as number of enlivened containers.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
