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In the first five months of the 2014 traffic goods in the port of Venice it is diminished of -11,3%
the bending is effect of the passage from the traditional refining to the green refining to Marghera Port that has determined a decrease of the -46,7% of the oil traffic
June 12, 2014
In the first five months of the 2014 traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Venice it has recorded a piled contraction of the -11,3% being to beyond 9,1 million tons regarding 10,3 million tons in the period January-May last year. The Venetian Harbour Authority has evidenced that the bending is determined by the decrease of the -38,6% of the liquid bulk, is attested to 2,6 million tons: the passage from the traditional refining to the green refining - it has explained the agency - has produced in the oil segment a bound momentary decrease of the -46,7% to the deep transformation that is enduring Marghera Port. "Failing of the crude oil traffics to refine in fact - it has specified the harbour authority - it is only partially compensated by the new configuration of the ENI former-refinery of Marghera today transformed in bio-refinery that only recently it has begun to disembark to palm oil (about 45 thousand tons) and Virgin Nafta (about 85 thousand tons) destined to the green refinery. It is assisted therefore to a structural change of the area of Marghera Port and to the necessity to manage this period of transition: the new ones producing "green", in the next few years, will go in fact to replace and to compensate the disembarkation of producing oil and, parallel, the increase of the other fields that are showing interesting signs of resumption, also thanks to the great job carried out from commercial and industrial terminalisti, harbour agents, shippers and other operators".
In the field of the solid bulk the traffic has been almost 3,2 million tons, with an increment of +10.6% regarding the first five months of 2013 (of which +39% the cereals, +52% the coal). The volume of the goods several has totaled an increase of +5.3% to 3,4 million tons. The single traffic of the container has been pairs to 181.272 teu (+0.6%), of which 130,046 container full (+6.4%).
The traffic of the passengers is diminished of the -13,8% to 395 thousand unit.
The Harbour Authority of Venice has announced that May is the month that this year it has made up to now to mark the best performances: the commercial field has recorded an increase of +20% and that manufacturer of +6.6%; the container regarding May 2013 is increased of +9.1% (+18% the container full) and also the traffic ro-ro (ferries) has invert the tendency of the last months recording a +9.9%. "All signs - it has found the agency - that to clearly of the disappearance from the lagoon port of call of the crude oil traffics they leave to intravvedere a resumption and they make to record (oil excluded) a total increase on base salary of +17.1%".
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