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In the 2014 ports of Seattle and 3.427.561 Tacoma they have enlivened container (- 0.8%)
the total traffic of the goods has been almost 35,1 million tons (+9.3%)
January 22, 2015
In the 2014 ports of Seattle and Tacoma, than recently they have decided to unify the management of the two ports of call in the within of the new Seaport Alliance ( of 8 October 2014), they have enlivened altogether a traffic of the container pairs to 3.427.561 teu, with a bending of the -0,8% regarding 3.456.161 teu in the year precedence, data percentage anniversary that is the sign second consecutive negative. In the segment of the international traffic it disembarks to it and it embarks it of containers have been pairs respective to 1.378.504 teu (- 4.1%) and 1.178.324 teu (- 1.6%). The national containerized trade has been pairs to 870.733 teu (+6.1%).
Altogether the traffic of the goods enlivened last year from the two American ports has been almost 35,1 million tons, with an increment of +9.3% regarding 32,1 million tons in 2013. The containerized trade is piled to 25,5 million tons (- 3.1%) and that of cereals to 7,6 million tons (+96.5%). The oil traffic is increased of +26.6% to 998 thousand tons. In the field of the goods loose the volume total has been of 253 thousand tons (+1.3%) and in that of the timber of 277 thousand tons (- 28.9%).
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In the 2014 ports of Seattle and Tacoma, than recently they have decided to unify the management of the two ports of call in the within of the new Seaport Alliance 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
