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Leap forward of the volumes enlivened from the port of Barcelona to February
the Spanish port of call has enlivened 3,6 million tons (+25%)
March 14, 2014
Last month, graces mainly to a consisting increase of the bulk and liquid bulk volumes sand banks, the traffic of the goods enlivened by the port of Barcelona have recorded an increment of piled +25% being to 3,6 million tons regarding 2,9 million tons in February 2013.
the liquid bulk is increased of +74% to beyond 1,1 million tons, of which 850 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (+80%) and 274 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (+56%). The bulk sand banks has totaled 336 thousand tons (+30%). In the field of the goods several tons (+8% are enlivened altogether 2,1 million), of which 1,4 million containerized tons of goods (+7%) pairs to 147 thousand teu (+15%) and 749 thousand realized with a handling of containers conventional tons of goods (+10%).
Last month has grown also the traffic of the passengers whose total has been of 95 thousand people (+8%), of which 63 thousand crocieristi (+10%) and 32 thousand fleeting of ferries (+4%).
In the first period of two months of the 2014 traffic of the goods enlivened from the Catalan port has been pairs almost 6,9 million tons, with an increment of +11.4% regarding 6,2 million tons in the January-February period last year.
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