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Last month the traffic of the goods in the port of Barcelona has grown of +8.6%
In the first semester of the 2015 Catalan port has enlivened 22,7 million tons (+3.0%)
July 24, 2015
Last month the port of Barcelona has enlivened 4,3 million tons of goods, with an increase of +8.6% regarding 3,9 million tons in june 2014. The increment is determined by the increase of the several volumes of goods that have been attested to beyond 2,8 million tons (+15.5%), of which 1,8 million containerized tons of goods (+14.7%) that pairs to 167.551 teu (+3.7% are realized with a container handling) and almost 1,1 million conventional tons of goods (+16.9%). In increase also the solid bulk, that tons (+11.4% are piled to 368 thousand). Instead the liquid bulk they are dropped of -7,2% coming down at less than the 1,1 million one tons, of which 849 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (+9.4%) and 209 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (- 42.7%).
In the field of the passengers the traffic has been of 399 thousand people, with an increase of +5.9% on the june 2014, of which 268 thousand crocieristi (+4.9%) and 132 thousand fleeting of ferries (+8.0%).
In the first semester of the 2015 Catalan port has enlivened a total of 22,7 million tons of goods, with a progression of +3.0% regarding 22,1 million tons in the first half last year. The several goods has been attested 14,5 million to tons (+7.0%), of which 9,1 million tons of goods in container (+6.6%) pairs to 940.253 teu (+5.9% totaled with a handling of containers) and 5,4 million conventional tons of goods (+7.7%). The solid bulk has recorded a bending of -7,5% to the 2,1 million one tons and in decrease they have turned out also the liquid bulk that has been pairs at less than 6,1 million tons (- 2.0%), of which 4,6 million tons of hydrocarbons (+6.7%) and 1,4 million tons of other liquid bulk (- 22.3%).
In the first six months of this year the traffic of the passengers has been of beyond 1,4 million people (+4.2%), of which million fleeting crocieristi (+5.9%) and 428 thousand of regular lines (+0.4%).
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