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Five Spanish ports figure in the ranking of the first 125 world-wide ports of call container
They are leader in the EU with a traffic that in 2012 has been pairs to 12,1 million teu
August 23, 2013
Governmental agency Spanish Puertos of the Estado has emphasized as the presence of five Spanish ports in the ranking of the first 125 ports container of the world confirms the strategic position of Spain in the world-wide market of the marine transport. Last year the ports of Valencia (that it occupies 30ª the position in classifies), Algeciras (34ª), Barcelona (77ª), Las Palmas (95ª) and Bilbao (125ª) have enlivened altogether a containerized trade pairs to 12.108.611 teu, with an increment of 2.6% regarding 2011. Beyond the 12 million one container altogether represents 86% of the containerized trade enlivened totally from the Spanish ports, that it has been of beyond 14 million teu, let alone enlivened 2% of the 516,7 million one teu from the first 125 world-wide ports. Moreover 60% of the volume of traffic totaled from the five Spanish ports (7,2 million teu) are constituted by container in transit.
Puertos of the Estado has evidenced moreover that China is leader of classifies in which they figure 14 Chinese ports that in the 2012 have enlivened 30% of the traffic total, than that is more 159 million teu. China exceeds the United States that, also with 15 ports in the first 125 of the world, it has enlivened 40 million teu, pairs to 7.7% of the total. Spain and Japan, with five ports, occupy the third position and Spain is the first nation of the Europe Union in this ranking continuation from United Kingdom with the four ports of Felixstowe, Southampton, London and Liverpool and, with three ports for each nation, from Germany (Bremerhaven, Duisburg and Amburgo) and from Italy (Gioia Tauro, Genoa and La Spezia).
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Governmental agency Spanish Puertos of the Estado has emphasized as the presence of five Spanish ports in the ranking of the first 125 ports container of the world confirms the strategic position of Spain in the world-wide market of the marine transport. Last year the ports of Valencia (that it occupies 30ª the position in classifies), Algeciras (34ª), Barcelona (77ª), Las Palmas (95ª) and Bilbao (125ª) have enlivened altogether a containerized trade pairs to 12.108.611 teu, with an increment of 2.6% regarding 2011. Beyond the 12 million one container altogether represents 86% of the containerized trade enlivened totally from the Spanish ports, that it has been of beyond 14 million teu, let alone enlivened 2% of the 516,7 million one teu from the first 125 world-wide ports. Moreover 60% of the volume of traffic totaled from the five Spanish ports (7,2 million teu) are constituted by container in transit.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
