Last April the traffic goods in the port of Genoa is increased of 4.7%



The rise of 43.0% of the traffic of mineral oils has allowed with the port of Genoa to record the month of April 2013 with a total increment of 4.7% of the traffic of the goods. In the month tons of cargos regarding 4,0 million tons in April 2012 are enlivened a total almost 4,2 million.

In the section of the goods several the traffic is dropped of 6.2% attesting itself to beyond 2,3 million tons, of which 1,7 million tons of containerized cargos (- 6.9%) totaled with a handling of containers pairs to 175.196 teu (- 1.3%) and 636 thousand conventional tons of goods (- 4.0%).

The traffic of the bulk sand banks is piled to 97 thousand tons (+25.3%). In the industrial field, where work in functional autonomy the iron and steel work Ilva of the Riva group, the solid bulk volume has been annulled, while the iron worker has been pairs to 282 thousand tons (- 11.9%). If the mineral oils are increased of 43.0% 1,3 million to tons, the other liquid bulk is diminished instead altogether of 10.8% to 63 thousand tons, of which 29 thousand tons of oils vegetables and wine (- 22.8%) and 34 thousand tons of chemicals (+3.0%).

Total bending also of the passengers because of the contraction of the traffic in the field of the regular lines: last April the passengers have been 163 thousand unit (- 8.1%), of which 77 thousand fleeting of the ferries (- crocieristi 21.9%) and 86 thousand (+9.4%).

In the first four months of the 2013 port of the capital of Liguria it has enlivened a total almost 16,4 million tons of goods, with a reduction of 1.4% regarding the 16,6 million one tons in the first quadrimestre last year.

In the January-April period of this year the goods several is piled to 9,0 million tons (- 4.3%), of which 6,5 million tons of cargos in container (- 5.5%) with a handling of 657.027 teu (- 2.3%) and 2,5 million tons of conventional cargos (- 0.8%).

The solid bulk has totaled 280 thousand tons (+3.2%) to which they join in the industrial field other 21 thousand tons of solid bulk (- 48.5%) and 987 thousand tons of iron worker (- 21.1%). The mineral oils are increased of 10.6% 5,5 million to tons and the other liquid bulk is dropped of 13.1% to 251 thousand tons.

In the first four months of the 2013 traffic of the passengers he has remained stable to about 464 thousand unit, of which 237 thousand of fleeting the ferries (- 13.6%) and 227 thousand crocieristi (+20.0%).