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Last year the traffic enlivened from the port of Marseilles is diminished of 3%
Record of the containerized trade and the passengers
February 4, 2013
Last year, because of the consisting reduction of the hydrocarbon volume enlivened, the traffic totaled from the port of Marseilles has recorded altogether a bending of 3% coming down to 85,8 million tons regarding 88,1 million tons enlivened in 2011.
The liquid bulk is piled to a total of 56,3 million tons (- 10%), of which 52,7 million tons of hydrocarbons, with a contraction of 11% on 2011 because of the fort decrease of the liquified natural gas and oil imports crude oil, and 3,6 million tons of bulk chemistries and foods (+10%). The bulk sand banks has been attested 12,3 million to tons, with an increment of 25% on the year precedence graces to a resumption of the activity of the industry iron worker who is returned to import coal and mineral of iron.
In the 2012 traffic of the goods several it has been pairs to 17,2 million tons (+11%). The single traffic of goods containerized has reached the quota record of 10,5 million containerized tons of goods (+12%) with a handling 1.062.408 records of container teu (+13%), while the goods ro-ro is diminished of 1% to 4,2 million conventional tons and the goods has grown of 25% to 2,5 million tons.
The French harbour port of call has established an own new record also in the traffic of the passengers archiviando 2012 with a total of beyond 2,4 million unit (+4%), of which 1,5 million passengers of regular lines (+1%) and 890 thousand crocieristi (+10%).
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