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the port of Antwerp has established new records of traffic total and handling of the container
In the 2015 containers they have been pairs to 9.653.511 teu (+7.5%)
January 18, 2016
The Harbour Authority of Antwerp has confirmed today that in the 2015 Belgian port it has established two new records of traffic. First it is relative to the total traffic of the goods that has been pairs to 208,4 million tons, with an increment of +4.7% on 2014. The second regards handling of the container that has been attested to 9.653.511 teu, with an increase of +7.5%. Both the precedence record were established in 2014.
Last year the containerized trade in terms of weight has been pairs to 113,3 million tons (+4.6%). In increase they have turned out also the traffics of conventional rotabili and goods, piled respective to 4,6 million tons (+4.1%) and 10,0 million tons (+1.2%).
In the 2015 volume total of the liquid bulk it is increased of +6.1% 66,7 million to tons, of which 4,8 million tons of crude oil (- 3.4%), 47,9 million oil tons of producing (to +4.0%) and 13,4 million tons of chemicals (+18.2%).
More contained the increase of the solid bulk that has totaled 13,8 million tons (+2.2%), with increments particularly consisting of the coal traffics (1,6 million tons, +11.8%) and of sands and gravel (1,5 million tons, +14.9%).
Last year the port of Antwerp is scaled by 14.417 ships (+2.9%) for total 367,7 million tons of tonnage (+9.7%).
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The Harbour Authority of Antwerp has confirmed today that in the 2015 Belgian port it has established two new records of traffic. First it is relative to the total traffic of the goods that has been pairs to 208,4 million tons, with an increment of +4.7% on 2014. The second regards handling of the container that has been attested to 9.653.511 teu, with an increase of +7.5%. Both the precedence record were established in 2014.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
