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the port of Antwerp has archived item the first trimester of 2016 with a traffic of 53,3 million tons (+3.9%)
container handling has been pairs to 2.459.847 teu (+4.6%)
April 15, 2016
In the first three months of the 2016 port of Antwerp it has enlivened a volume of traffic of the goods pairs to 53,3 million tons, that it last year represents an increment of +3.9% regarding the same period and the better second turned out quarterly than traffic always of the inferior Belgian port of call only to the total of 53,5 million tons recorded in according to trimester of 2015.
In the period January-March of this year the single containerized trade has been pairs to 29,1 million tons, in increase of +3.2% on the correspondent period of 2015, and is realized with a container handling pairs to 2.459.847 teu (+4.6%). The goods conventional is increased of +2.4% attesting almost 2,4 million tons and in light increase (+0.4%) has turned out also the traffic of rotabili that is piled to 1,1 million tons. Handling of new cars of factory in the Belgian harbour port of call has been of 308 thousand unit (+5.7%).
In the field of the liquid bulk the total is increased of +10.6% being is pairs 17,7 million to tons, of which 13,2 million tons of hydrocarbons (+17.0%). In the segment of the solid bulk it is marked instead a decrease of the -17,9% with a total of 2,9 million tons, mainly determined bending that is from the reduction of the -81,1% of the coal volume, come down to 70 thousand tons, and from the contraction of the -33,9% of the mineral traffic, come down to 466 thousand tons.
In the first three months of this year the Belgian port is scaled by 3.535 ships (+3.7%) for total 96,6 million tons of tonnage (+15.2%).
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In the first three months of the 2016 port of Antwerp it has enlivened a volume of traffic of the goods pairs to 53,3 million tons, that it last year represents an increment of +3.9% regarding the same period and the better second turned out quarterly than traffic always of the inferior Belgian port of call only to the total of 53,5 million tons recorded in according to trimester of 2015.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
