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Last year the port of Valencia has enlivened 4,4 million container (+2.6%)
Record anniversary of traffic for the harbour system of the Spanish city with 67 million tons
February 10, 2015
In the 2014 harbour system of Valencia, constituted from the ports of call of Valencia, Sagunto and Gandía, has enlivened a traffic record of 67,0 million tons of goods, with a progression of +3.1% on the year precedence. The export traffic is piled to 12,4 million tons, with an increase of mainly determined +10.5% from the increment of the traffics with Italy (+53.1%), USA (+26.6%) and Algeria (+28.5%). The import traffic has been attested 6,7 million to tons, in increase of +5.3% thanks to the increase of the volumes in arrival from China (+2.5%), Italy (+24.1%) and United States (+13.3%). The transit traffic instead is diminished of -3,7%.
the traffic of the container has been pairs to 4.441.949 teu, with a total progression of produced +2.6% from the increase of +7.4% of handling of full containers. In terms of weight the containerized trade has been of 49,3 million tons, in decrease of the -1,4% on 2013. The goods conventional instead is increased of +15.7% going up to beyond 9,4 million tons. Handling of motors vehicle has been of 495.323 units (+5.7%). In the single segment of the rotabili the traffic has been of 7,6 million tons (+19.5%).
In the field of the liquid bulk the volumes totals have been pairs to 5,2 million tons (+25.3%), with increments of the natural gas traffics (+32.6%), fuel oil (+5.2%), diesel oil (+4.2%) and chemicals (+7.5%). The bulk sand banks has totaled 2,7 million tons (+9.6%), with increases of the traffics of cereals and flours (+13.0%), concrete and clinker (+27.3%) and fertilizers (+30.4%).
Last year in the field of the cruises the traffic in the port of Valencia has been of 373.013 passengers, with a decrease of the -21,2% on 2013. In the section of the ferries a bending of the -8,1% to 319.458 passengers is recorded. Altogether the passengers have been 692,471 units (- 15.6%).
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