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Hard contraction of the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona to February
the Catalan port of call has enlivened beyond 2,8 million tons (- 13.7%)
March 21, 2013
Last month the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona has recorded a strong contraction attesting itself to beyond 2,8 million tons, with a decrease of 13.7% regarding February 2012. The volume of the goods several is dropped of 4.8% to 1,9 million tons, of which 1,3 million tons of containerized cargos (- 3.7%) totaled with a handling of 126 thousand teu (- 27.5%) and 677 thousand tons of conventional cargos (- 6.6%).
The traffic of the liquid bulk is piled altogether to 647 thousand tons (- 31.9%), of which 472 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (- 39.8%) and 175 thousand tons of other liquid bulk ((+5.0%). The bulk traffic sand banks has been of 257 thousand tons (- 17.0%).
Last month the traffic of the passengers in the Catalan port has grown of 4.5% to 89 thousand unit, of which 59 thousand crocieristi (+43.0%) and 31 thousand fleeting of ferries (- 30.9%).
In the first period of two months of the 2013 port of Barcelona it has enlivened altogether to beyond 6,1 million tons, with a bending of 5.6% on the correspondent period last year.
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Last month the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona has recorded a strong contraction attesting itself to beyond 2,8 million tons, with a decrease of 13.7% regarding February 2012. The volume of the goods several is dropped of 4.8% to 1,9 million tons, of which 1,3 million tons of containerized cargos (- 3.7%) totaled with a handling of 126 thousand teu (- 27.5%) and 677 thousand tons of conventional cargos (- 6.6%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
