To May the traffic of the goods in the port of Genoa is diminished of 13.3%



Last May the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Genoa has recorded a decrease of 13.3% regarding May 2012 because of the bending of the volumes in all the main merceologici fields. Altogether the port of call has enlivened 4,1 million loaded tons of respect to beyond 4,7 million tons in May last year.

The Harbour Authority has remembered that May 2013 has been a difficult month for the port of Genoa, that has had to face the della Torre tragedy of the Pilots, collapsed because of the collision of the ship with-ro Jolly Nero against the dock ( of 8 May 2013), and consequently also the uneasiness that of is derived.

In the single field of the goods several the traffic has been attested to 2,4 million tons (- 9.5%), of which 1,6 million containerized tons of goods (- 11.4%) totaled with a handling of containers pairs to 167.016 teu (- 8.3%) and 731 thousand conventional tons of goods (- 4.9%).

The traffic of the bulk sand banks has been of 53 thousand tons (- 9.6%) to which they join in the industrial section other 8 thousand tons of solid bulk (- 70.0%) and 266 thousand tons of iron worker (- 7.8%).

The volume of traffic of mineral oils is piled to 1,2 million tons (- 20.8%) and that of the other liquid bulk to 62 thousand tons (- 10.6%), of which 19 thousand tons of oils vegetables and wine (- 39.5%) and 43 thousand tons of chemicals (+13.5%).

In the field of the passengers, to the contraction of 13.2% of the traffic in the field of the ferries, that it has totaled 92 thousand passengers, it has made reply the fort increment (+114.8%) of the crocieristico traffic that has exceeded quota 120 thousand fleeting.

In the first five months of the 2013 port of the capital of Liguria it has enlivened 20,5 million tons of goods, with a reduction of 3.9% regarding 21,3 million tons in the period January-May last year. The goods several pairs to 11,4 million tons (- 5.2%), of which 8,2 million containerized tons of goods (- 6.5%) realized have been enlivening 824,043 you (- 3.6%) and 3,2 million conventional tons of goods (- 1.7%). The solid bulk is piled to 333 thousand tons (+0.9%) and in the industrial section other 1,3 million tons of cargos (- 20.2%), of which 28 thousand tons of solid bulk (- 56.8% are enlivened) and 1,2 million tons of iron worker (- 18.6%). The volume of mineral oils has attested to 6,7 million tons (+3.1%) and that of the other liquid bulk to 313 thousand tons (- 12.6%).

In the first five months of this year handling of the passengers has been of 677 thousand unit (+8.1%), of which 329 thousand of fleeting the ferries (- 13.5%) and 348 thousand crocieristi (+41.6%).