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the port of Tarragona has closed 2015 with a traffic of 33,2 million tons of goods (+3.9%)
Particularly consisting increase (+17.7%) of embarks of cargos directed towards foreign destinations
February 4, 2016
Last year the port of Tarragona has enlivened 33,2 million tons of goods, with a progression of +3.9% on 2014. The increment is determined by the increase of +15.1% of the liquid bulk that constitutes the main flow of enlivened traffic from the Catalan port of call and that in the 2015 they have been attested 22,3 million to tons, of which 8,7 million tons of oil crude oil (+7.1%), 11,7 million oil tons of producing (to +29.1%) and 1,9 million tons of chemicals and fertilizers (- 12.9%). Down, instead, the solid bulk that is piled at less than 8,4 million tons (- 13.8%), with a strong contraction of the coal volume, come down of -32,4% to the 3,0 million one tons, not compensated from the light rise of +0.7% of the cereals and feeds to 4,4 million tons and from more consisting the increase of +7.9% of the other bulk sand banks to 942 thousand tons. In decided bending also the goods several that has totaled 2,2 million tons (- 16.9%), with a decrease of the -41,9% of containerized cargos (936 thousand tons) and an increase of +20.9% of the other cargo types (1,3 million tons).
Last year the traffic of export through the Spanish port is increased altogether of +17.7% to beyond 6,2 million tons, while the imports have grown of +1.7% to 22,3 million tons.
The president of the Harbour Authority of Tarragona, Josep Andreu, has manifested satisfaction for these results and in particular for the success of the focalization and diversification, internationalization strategy on the infrastructure development specific adopted from the agency: "these results - it has emphasized - are very positive for the territory, because we are recovering and consolidating the existing levels before the crisis".
The Spanish Harbour Authority has evidenced also the optimal result recorded in 2015 from the harbour terminal dedicated to the traffic of motors vehicle that has enlivened beyond 115 thousand vehicles is in import that in export, volume that an increase of 96% represents on 2014 and is advanced to the volumes enlivened in last the five years.
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Last year the port of Tarragona has enlivened 33,2 million tons of goods, with a progression of +3.9% on 2014. The increment is determined by the increase of +15.1% of the liquid bulk that constitutes the main flow of enlivened traffic from the Catalan port of call and that in the 2015 they have been attested 22,3 million to tons, of which 8,7 million tons of oil crude oil (+7.1%), 11,7 million oil tons of producing (to +29.1%) and 1,9 million tons of chemicals and fertilizers (- 12.9%). Down, instead, the solid bulk that is piled at less than 8,4 million tons (- 13.8%), with a strong contraction of the coal volume, come down of -32,4% to the 3,0 million one tons, not compensated from the light rise of +0.7% of the cereals and feeds to 4,4 million tons and from more consisting the increase of +7.9% of the other bulk sand banks to 942 thousand tons. In decided bending also the goods several that has totaled 2,2 million tons (- 16.9%), with a decrease of the -41,9% of containerized cargos (936 thousand tons) and an increase of +20.9% of the other cargo types (1,3 million tons).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
