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To April the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona is diminished of 4.4%
In the first quadrimestre of the 2013 decrease it has been of 3.0%
June 3, 2013
Last April the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona has recorded a bending of 4.4% attesting almost 3,4 million to tons respect to beyond 3,5 million tons in April 2012. The goods several is piled to 2,2 million tons (- 1.4%), of which 1,4 million containerized tons of goods (- 6.0%) totaled enlivening 130,248 container teu (- 7.1%) and 844 thousand conventional tons of goods (+6.9%). Emphasized the decrease of the bulk traffics: the cargos liquids are totally diminished of 10.8% to 793 thousand tons, of which 588 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (- 14.6%) and 205 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (+2.5%), and the solid bulk is diminished of 6.6% to 380 thousand tons.
Last April the traffic of the passengers has been of 230 thousand people (+0.9%), of which 223 thousand crocieristi (+9.9%) and 77 thousand fleeting of ferries (- 18.7%).
In the first quadrimestre of the 2013 Catalan port it has enlivened a total of 13,0 million tons of goods, with a contraction of 3.0% regarding 13,4 million tons in the January-April period last year. The goods several is dropped of 1.3% to the 8,4 million one tons, of which 5,5 million containerized tons of goods (- 0.9%) totaled enlivening 836,856 teu (- 2.5%) and 2,9 million conventional tons of goods (- 1.9%). The total volume of the liquid bulk has recorded a bending of 6.9% to 3,2 million tons, of which 2,4 million tons of hydrocarbons (- 12.1%) and 808 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (+13.1%). The bulk sand banks is piled to 1,4 million tons (- 3.6%).
In the first four months of this year the traffic of the passengers has been of 658 thousand unit (+9.6%), of which 445 thousand crocieristi (+22.9%) and 213 thousand fleeting of ferries (- 10.7%).
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