Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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Stable in the first six months of the 2013 traffic goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona
the crocieristi are increased of 15%
July 23, 2013
The Harbour Authority of Barcelona has communicated today that the enlivened crocieristico traffic in the first half of 2013 from the Catalan port of call has been of 1.040.823 passengers, with an increase of 15% regarding the first six months last year, and that the agency previews that in the entire the 2013 crocieristi traffic will reach quota 2,6 million, equaling the record recorded in 2011. 56% of all the passengers enlivened in the first half of this year have begun or finished their cruise in the port of Barcelona.
In the first semester of the 2013 traffic of the passengers of the ferries instead it is dropped of 4% to 398.323 units. The harbour agency has specified that in the single month of june the passengers of the regular lines are increased of 9%. Altogether in the semester the passengers of the ferries and the cruises are piled to beyond 1,4 million unit (+9%).
In the field of the goods, in the first six months of this year the port of Barcelona has enlivened beyond 21 million tons, an analogous volume to that of the correspondent period of 2012.
The harbour authority has evidenced the increase of 12% of the export containers, that they have been pairs to 276.283 teu, while the imported containers have totaled an light decrease (- 2%). The volume enlivened total of the container from the port has been 828,169 teu, with a bending of 3% on first mainly generated semester 2012 - it has specified the harbour agency - from the decrease of 42% of the traffic of transfer of the container. The traffic of motor vehicles is increased of 6% to 364.217 cars. In the section of the liquid bulk the total volume has been attested 5,2 million to tons (+1%).
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