Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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Last year the traffic of the goods in the port of Barcelona is diminished of 3.6%
Passengers down of 10.6%
February 8, 2013
The port of Barcelona has archived item entire 2012 with a traffic of 41,49 million tons of goods, with a decrease of 3.6% regarding 43,05 million tons enlivened from the Catalan port of call in the year precedence.
The field of the goods several has recorded a contraction of 8.3% of the volumes, come down to altogether 26,37 million tons, of which 17,40 million containerized tons of goods (- 12.4%) and 8,97 million conventional tons of goods (+0.7%). The traffic of the containers counted in box from 20 ' (teu) has been pairs to 1.756.429 teu, with an emphasized bending of 13.7% on 2011. The traffic of motors vehicle has been of 644.931 units (+5.5%).
Down also the liquid bulk, that they have totaled 10,43 million tons (- 3.1%), of which 8,11 million tons of hydrocarbons (- 9.4%) and 2,32 million tons of other bulk (+28.4%). The bulk sand banks has recorded a remarkable rise attesting itself to 4,69 million tons (+33.1%) graces mainly to the resumption of the traffic of materials from construction (concrete and clinker) whose volume has grown almost a million tons.
In the field of the passengers the traffic is diminished of 10.6% to 3,42 million unit, of which 1.01 million passengers of regular lines (- 13.3%) and 2,41 million crocieristi (- 9.4%).
In the single month of December of the 2012 Spanish port it has enlivened 3,27 million tons of goods, with an increment of 6.1% regarding December 2011.
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The port of Barcelona has archived item entire 2012 with a traffic of 41,49 million tons of goods, with a decrease of 3.6% regarding 43,05 million tons enlivened from the Catalan port of call in the year precedence.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
