Stable the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Rotterdam in the third trimester



In the third trimester of the 2014 traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Rotterdam he has remained almost stable being piled to 112,2 million tons regarding 112.7 million tons in the period July-september last year. The light total decrease of the -0,1% determined from the decrease of the volumes of container, goods conventional and bulk sand banks that almost are entirely compensated by the increment from the liquid bulk volume recorded after six consecutive trimesters in bending.

In the field of the container the traffic has been of 32,3 million tons (- 1.9%) that pairs to 3,2 million teu (+2.9% are totaled with a handling of containers). The goods conventional is diminished of -3,9% coming down to the 1,6 million one tons, while the rotabili have grown of +3.2% to 5,1 million tons.

The solid bulk has shown a contraction of the -5,6% with a total of 21,6 million tons constituted by 8,5 million tons of minerals and scraps (- 0.3%), 6,8 million tons of coal (- 17.4%), 3,0 million tons of agricultural bulk (+1.7%) and 3,3 million tons of other solid bulk (+4.4%).

The liquid bulk has been attested 51,5 million to tons (+3.4%), of which 23,7 million tons of oil crude oil (- 0.7%), 19,3 million refined producing tons of, 403 thousand tons of natural gas which liquified (+21.1%) and 8,1 million tons of other liquid bulk (+3.7%).

In the first nine months of the 2014 Dutch port it has enlivened altogether 333,3 million tons of goods, with an light increment of +0.3% regarding 332,4 million tons in the period January-september last year. The containerized cargos are piled to 95,8 million tons (+3.9%) with a handling of the container pairs to 9,2 million teu (+4.2%). The Harbour Authority of Rotterdam has announced that the sea containerized trade deep has grown of +6%, the traffic feeder is dropped of the -2% and the sea containerized trade short is increased of +4%.

In the first nine months of this year the goods conventional pairs to 4,7 million tons (+30.7%) and cargos ro-ro to 14,9 million tons (+7.9% have been). The total of the liquid bulk has been of 150,5 million tons (- 4.5%), of which 71,4 million tons of crude oil (+2.0%), 55,1 million refined tons of (- 11.0%), 953 thousand tons of natural gas which liquified (+137.2%) and 23,1 million tons of other liquid bulk (- 8.7%). In the section of the solid bulk tons (+3.4% are enlivened 67,5 million), of which 26,0 million tons of minerals and 5.2% scrap (-), 22,8 million tons of coal (+5.7%), 8,8 million tons of agricultural bulk (+25.6%) and 9,9 million tons of other bulk sand banks (+6.7%).

"With the exception of some fields - the managing director of the Port of Rotterdam has commented today Authority, Allard Castelein - the port is going rather well. Particularly comforting it is the increase of 4% in the containers, with average higher after March and pairs to 6%. This - it has found - is profitable still more obvious that we have absolute need of the new terminals of Maasvlakte 2 if we want to obtain an ulterior increase. Worthy of note 31% in handling of the other goods are also the increment pairs very several. However the oil produced ones, in particular, with a -11%, are diminished remarkablly regarding last year".