Last month the port of Ravenna has recorded a consisting rise of 8.7% of the traffic



of the goods having enlivened altogether beyond 1,9 million tons regarding 1,8 million tons in April 2012. The increase of the volumes of unitizzati cargos, rotabili and solid bulk has compensated a bending of the liquid bulk. The total of the goods in import is piled almost 1,7 million tons (+6.8%) and that of the goods in export to 280 thousand tons (+21.8%).

To ravennate April 2013 the port of call has enlivened 1,3 million tons of goods sand banks (+19.4%), between which 462 thousand tons of producing metalworkers (+22.0%), 386 thousand tons of minerals crudes oil, manufactured products and materials from construction (+30.0%), 247 thousand tons of alimentary commodities (+64.3%), 101 thousand tons of composts (- 39.6%) and 101 thousand tons of producing agricultural (+76.7%). The goods containerized tons (+7.2% have been attested to 215 thousand) and are totaled enlivening 18,868 container teu (+10.2%). The cargos ro-ro are increased of 97.2% going up to 80 thousand tons.

Last month the total volume of the liquid bulk has been of 337 thousand tons (- 24.8%), of which 157 thousand producing tons of oil (- 27.7%), 100 thousand tons of chemicals (- 23.9%) and 79 thousand tons of alimentary commodities (- 19.7%).

In the first quadrimestre of the 2013 port of Ravenna it has enlivened a traffic total of 7,1 million tons of goods, with a progression of 3.5% regarding 6,9 million tons in the first four months last year. The goods to the disembarkation is piled to 6,1 million tons (+1.8%) and those to the boarding at less than 1,1 million tons (+14.5%).

In the January-April period of this year the goods sand banks has totaled 4,7 million tons (+5.1%), of which 1,5 million tons of producing metalworkers (+6.7%, for which - it has explained the Harbour Authority of Ravenna - in recent months, because of the difficulty of supplying from the port of Taranto, has varied the Countries of import"), 1,1 million tons of minerals crudes oil, manufactured products and materials from construction (- 5.6%, the whose decrease - has specified the agency - it is from attributing itself perlopiù to the crisis of the field of the ceramics"), 842 thousand tons of alimentary commodities (+12.3%, increase - has announced the Harbour Authority - that "it is from attributing to oily seeds and oils and fat people vegetables, perlopiù coming from Indonesia), 741 thousand tons of composts (+9.8%, "that they have recorded an increase of the exchanges with Spain, Greece, Egypt and Estonia), 427 thousand tons of producing agricultural (+56.1%, "graces to a consisting coming corn import from Ukraine") and 24 thousand tons of fuel and solid minerals (- 83.2%). The goods containerized container teu (+4.2% has grown of 9.6% to 814 thousand tons with a handling of 70.252) and the rotabili are increased of 58.0% reaching a volume total of 270 thousand tons.

In the first four months of the 2013 liquid bulk they are diminished of 10.1% to 1,4 million tons, of which 685 thousand tons of producing oil (- 10.5%), 381 thousand chemicals tons of (- 15.9%), 314 thousand tons of alimentary commodities (- 3.2%) and 7 thousand tons of composts.

The Harbour Authority of Ravenna has evidenced as such total increments of traffic enlivened from the port of call are obtained "although, second the ISTAT, for Italy the foreign trade in first trimester 2013 is diminished in terms of volumes of 2.3% for exports (- 6.8% Countries EU, +3.5% Countries not EU) and of 6.7% for the imports (- 6.1% Countries EU, -7,8% Countries not EU)".