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Last month the traffic of the goods in the port of Barcelona has grown of +11.2% thanks to the rise of the bulk
Stable the total volume of containerized cargos
April 12, 2016
Last month the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona has recorded an increment of +11.2% being is pairs almost 4,3 million tons regarding 3,8 million totaled tons in March 2015. The increase is generated by the important increase of the bulk volumes sand banks, that tons (+38.0% are piled to 464 thousand), and of liquid bulk, attest yourself to 1,2 million tons (+37.3%) of which 1,0 million tons of hydrocarbons (+65.0%) and 217 thousand tons of other cargos liquids (- 22.9%). The traffic of the goods several instead is diminished coming down to 2,6 million tons (- 1.2%), of which 1,6 million containerized tons of goods (- 0.3%) realized with a handling of containers pairs to 173.358 teu (+1.4%) and 948 thousand conventional tons of goods (- 2.7%).
Last month the passengers enlivened from the Catalan port have been 183 thousand (+17.7%), of which 101 thousand crocieristi (+19.1%) and 82 thousand fleeting of ferries (+15.9%).
In the first three months of the 2016 traffic of the goods it is piled than altogether more 10,9 million tons, with a progression of +5.5% regarding the first trimester last year. In the field of the liquid bulk tons (+5.8% are enlivened 2,8 million), of which 2,3 million tons of hydrocarbons (+18.5%) and 578 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (- 25.4%), and in the section of the bulk sand banks the traffic has been of 968 thousand tons (+3.8%). The total of the several goods has turned out of 7,1 million tons (+5.6%), of which 4,7 million tons of goods in container (+8.8%) pairs to 493.026 teu (+7.8% totaled with a handling of containers) and 2,4 million conventional tons of goods (- 0.3%).
In the first three months of this year the passengers have been 421 thousand (+12.0%), of which 256 thousand crocieristi (+10. , fleeting 3%) and 165 thousand of regular lines (+14.7%).
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