the port of Rotterdam closes according to trimester with a traffic the record of 119,4 million tons (+6.4%)



The port of Rotterdam has closed the period April-june of 2015 having recorded a new record of quarterly traffic that has turned out pairs to 119,4 million tons, in increase of +6.4% regarding 112,2 million tons enlivened in the period April-june last year.

The increment is determined by the ulterior rise of the liquid bulk volumes that have been pairs to altogether 57,8 million tons (+16.1%), of which 26,2 million tons of crude oil (+9,8%), 23,5 million producing tons of refined (+31.8%), 619 thousand tons of natural gas which liquified (+86.1%) and 7,5 million tons of other liquid bulk (- 3.3%).

The contraction of the solid bulk traffic has been reduced also that is piled to 21,8 million tons (- 4.6%), of which 9,0 million tons of coal (+8.8%), 8,6 million tons of iron mineral and scrap (+0.4%), 2,2 million tons of agricultural bulk (- 24.3%) and 3,0 million tons of other solid bulk (- 3.3%).

In light decrease (- 0.3%) the containerized trade that has been pairs to 32,9 million tons and is totaled with a container handling pairs to beyond 3,1 million teu (+0.1%). In contraction also the goods conventional that has been attested 1,5 million to tons (- 7.9%), while the rotabili are increased of +8.6% 5,4 million to tons.

In entire the first semester of the 2015 Dutch port it has enlivened 236,2 million tons of goods, with a progression of +6.8% regarding 221,1 million tons in the first half last year. Emphasized the increase of the liquid bulk that has totaled 114,3 million tons (+15.4%), of which 51,7 million tons of crude oil (+8.3%), 46,3 million producing tons of I refined (to +2.7%), 1,1 million tons of GNL (+106.6%) and 15,1 million tons of other cargos liquids (+0.6%). The bulk sand banks is piled to 43,6 million tons (- 4.9%), with 16,9 million tons of iron mineral and scrap (- 3.3%), 15,6 million tons of coal (- 2.2%), 4,7 million tons of agricultural bulk (- 18.4%) and 6,4 million tons of other bulk sand banks (- 3.6%).

In the first six months of this year the goods in container has grown of +2.3% to 64,8 million tons and is realized with a handling of containers pairs to 6.238.581 teu (+3.7%). The cargos ro-ro are increased of +9.6% 10,7 million to tons, while the goods conventional is diminished of -12,0% to the 2,7 million one tons.

The Harbour Authority of Rotterdam considers that the perspectives for an ulterior increment of the traffic enlivened from the Dutch port sussistano. The authority has specified that it will continue to concentrate own action in order to promote the development on the mature markets, as those of the refined produced ones and the chemicals ones, on the markets in increase, as those of the container and the liquified natural gas, and on the new markets, as that offshore and that of the produced ones bio.