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In the first nine months of the 2013 traffic of the goods in the Spanish ports it is diminished of -4,1%
the traffic of the passengers is increased of 7.3%
November 7, 2013
In the first nine months of the 2013 Spanish ports they have enlivened altogether a traffic of 340,6 million tons of goods, with a bending of the -4,1% regarding 355,0 million tons in the period January-september last year. The goods several is piled to 159,3 million tons (- 3.2%), of which 114,5 million containerized tons of goods (- 5.5%) totaled with a handling of containers pairs to 10.318.062 teu (- 1.2%) and 44,8 million conventional tons of goods (+2.9%). The traffic of the liquid bulk has grown of 0.2% to 114,5 million tons, while that of the bulk sand banks is diminished of -12,3% to the 57,5 million one tons.
In the period January-september of this year the traffic of the passengers in the Spanish ports is increased of 7.3% going up 22,4 million people, of which almost 5,4 million crocieristi (- 0.3%) and 17,0 million passengers of regular lines (+9.9%).
Between the main ports for volume of traffic of the goods, in the first nine months of the 2013 Algeciras leader it has enlivened 66,0 million tons of goods, with an light increment of 0.1% regarding the first nine months of 2012. To Algeciras the goods several has been attested 43,7 million to tons (+2.3%), of which 38,6 million tons of containerized cargos (- 0.2%) with a container handling pairs to 3.147.534 teu (+5.9%) and 5,1 million conventional tons of goods (+26.0%); the liquid bulk and those solid ones have been pairs respective to 17,9 million tons (+2.4%) and 1,0 million tons (- 30.2%).
The port of Valencia, according to national port of call for total traffic, has enlivened 49,1 million tons, with a decrease of the -0,7% on the period January-september last year ( on 22 October 2013). In light contraction also the traffic to Barcelona, where the total (included the supplies of edge and the fished one) has been of beyond 32 million tons (- 0.9% second the surveys of governmental agency Puertos of Estado and +0.5% second those of the Harbour Authority of Barcelona) ( on 17 October 2013).
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