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Stable the traffic of the goods in the port of Marseilles in third trimester 2015
The crocieristi are increased of +35.3% while the passengers of the ferries are diminished of -8,5%
October 13, 2015
In the third trimester of this year the volume of traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Marseilles has remained almost stable being piled to 20,4 million tons, with a contraction of the -0,2% regarding the same period of 2014. It disembarks have been pairs to 14,8 million tons (- 0.3%) and it embarks to it to 5,6 million tons (0%).
In the segment of the goods several the traffic has recorded a total bending of the -0,5% attesting to beyond 4,4 million tons, of which 2,8 million tons of containerized cargos (- 0.2%) totaled with a handling of containers pairs to 287.653 teu (- 3.9%), 1,0 million tons of rotabili (+9.0%) and 620 thousand tons of conventional cargos (- 13.8%).
The bulk volumes sand banks have totally grown of +6.1% than more 3,4 million tons, while those of liquid bulk are diminished of -1,8% to the 12,5 million one tons, of which 11,5 million tons of hydrocarbons (- 1.0%) and 982 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (- 9.8%).
In the field of the passengers the traffic has been of a million people (+8.7%), of which 494 thousand crocieristi (+35.3%) and 535 thousand fleeting of the services ferry (- 8.5%).
In the first nine months of the 2015 French port it has enlivened a total of 60,9 million tons of goods, with a progression of +3.8% on the correspondent period last year. The cargos to the disembarkation and the boarding are increased respective of +3.2% and +5.4% to 44,2 million and 16,7 million tons. The goods several has recorded a handling of 13,5 million tons (+1.2%), of which 8,8 million tons of goods in container (+4.0%) with a container handling pairs to 915.036 teu (+3.8%), 2,9 million tons of rotabili (+4.4%) and 1,8 million conventional tons of goods (- 14.0%). The traffic of the solid bulk is increased of +7.5%% 10,8 million to tons and that of the liquid bulk has grown of +3.7% to 36,6 million tons, of which 33,9 million tons of hydrocarbons (+4.3%) and 2,7 million tons of chemicals and alimentary (- 3.4%).
In the period January-september of this year the traffic of the passengers has attested than to two million than people (+2.8%), with little less 1,1 million crocieristi (fleeting +14.2%) and 887 thousand of ferries (- 8.7%).
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