To March the traffic of the goods in the port of Genoa is diminished of 1.4%



Last March the port of Genoa has enlivened 4,4 million tons of goods, with a decrease of 1.4% regarding the 4,5 million one tons in March 2012. The bending of the traffic of the goods has been emphasized several that has totaled 2,3 million tons (- 9.3%), of which 1,6 million containerized tons of goods (- 11.0%) realized enlivening 169,792 teu (- 4.7%) and 689 thousand conventional tons of goods (- 4.7%).

Last March in the field of the bulk sand banks tons are enlivened 92 thousand, with an emphasized increment of 67.7% on March 2012, to which tons of solid bulk (+104.6%) and 262 thousand join to 15 thousand tons of iron worker (- 24.3%) enlivened in the industrial section. The volume of mineral oils has recorded an increment of 18.1% going up to 1,5 million tons, while the other liquid bulk is diminished dl 15.8% to 67 thousand tons.

In the segment of the passengers, to March 2013 a total increase of 32.6% thanks to the increase of 105.9% of the crocieristici is found, that units are piled to 73 thousand, while the passengers of the ferries are dropped of 8.5% to 58 thousand unit.

In the first three months of the 2013 port of Genoa it has enlivened a total of 12,2 million tons of goods, with a contraction of 3.4% regarding 12,6 million tons in the first trimester last year. The goods several is diminished altogether of 3.7% to 6,6 million tons, of which 4,8 million containerized tons of goods (- 5.2%) totaled with a handling of 481.831 container teu (- 2.7%) and 1,9 million conventional tons of goods (+0.4%). The bulk traffic sand banks has attested to 183 thousand tons (- 5.7%) in the commercial segment and to 725 thousand tons (- 23.8%) in that manufacturer, of which 21 thousand tons of bulk sand banks (+0.2%) and 705 thousand tons of iron worker (- 24.3%). The mineral oils have grown of 3.3% to 4,2 million tons, while the other liquid bulk is dropped of 13.8% to 188 thousand tons.

In the first trimester of this year the traffic of the passengers is piled to 301 thousand unit (+5.2%), of which 141 thousand crocieristi (+27.4%) and 159 thousand fleeting of ferries (- 8.9%).

If these data can provoke apprehension for the signs less than from some months statistics of the traffic enlivened from the port of the capital of Liguria multiply themselves on the tables, the Harbour Authority of Genoa evidences the increase in some merceologici fields: "March - the agency emphasizes - has been a month to the standard of the increase for the port of Genoa. Optimal the performance of some merceologici fields, particularly of the commercial traffic and the passengers. The mineral oils haul the resumption with a +18.1% regarding March of the passed year, carrying the total of the commercial traffic to remarkablly reduce the loss recorded in January. Also the container holds the collision of the crisis with a -2,7% well on the progressive one, in great chargeable part to the decrease in import because of the reduction of the internal consumption. But the eclatante data - the Harbour Authority finds - regards the hauled traffic fleeting from the cruises. To March 2013 the crocieristi journeyed from our port have been 72,746 against the 35,336 of the same month of the year passed, carrying the data on the passengers in increase of 5.2% regarding the trimester January-March 2012".