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To september the traffic of the goods in the port of Genoa is increased of +18%
Emphasized rise of mineral oils (+47.1%)
October 15, 2014
The Harbour Authority of Genoa has announced that last month the mineral oil traffic enlivened from from Liguria port of call has shown a pull-up of +47.1% being piled to 1.456.474 tons regarding 990.185 tons in September 2013 (month in which was recorded a decrease of the -17,1% on september 2012). "The feat salary - it has emphasized the agency - allows with 2014 to realign itself last year with the data, after the first eight months of obvious decrease because of the international crises".
"The pull-up - it has explained the harbour authority - is due above all to the increase of the crude oil, that it passes from 869 thousand tons of september 2013 1,27 million to this year. For a progressive anniversary to quota today 8,29 million tons against 7,95 million 2013. To record, besides the doubling of the traffic from Egypt (now to 525 thousand tons on the progressive one), to the estate of Russia and the boom of Turkey (from 347 thousand to 968 thousand on the first nine months), the "return" of Libya. The situation evidently has stabilized and after the zero of september 2013, this year tons of crude oil have arrived 294 thousand: the progressive one remains little however under the million tons, against almost two the million last year (in the same period). Instead increases and decrease in the secondary fields are compensated. The fuel oil drops from 1,38 million to 909 thousand tons, generally for the halved results of Italy and Malta. The refined ones go up from 782 thousand tons to 1,36 million thanks to the doubling of handlings from Italy and the United States".
The Harbour Authority has communicated moreover that for the remainder the tendency of the traffics confirmation good state of health of the port: "the september projections indicate an increase of 15% for handling of container regarding last year, with beyond 180 thousand teu and a progressive anniversary around +8%, advanced to 1,6 million teu. On the whole, with beyond four million tons enlivened to september (+18%), progressive the 2014 is attested little under +4%".
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