the port of Rotterdam closes first trimester 2016 with a traffic of 116,9 million tons (+0.2%)



In the first trimester of the 2016 traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Rotterdam has remained almost stable being piled to 116,9 million tons, with an light increment of +0.2% regarding 116,7 million tons in the first three months last year. The goods to the disembarkation is piled to 82,2 million tons (+0.4%) and those to the boarding to 34,8 million tons (- 0.3%).

the total containerized trade has recorded a bending of the -3,1% being turned out pairs almost 31,0 million tons regarding 32,0 million tons in the first three months of 2015. In terms of container from 20 feet (teu) such traffic has been pairs to 3.004.921 teu (- 3.9%). The Harbour Authority of Rotterdam has specified that the bending is attributable to unfavorable economic developments in China, Russia and Brazil and to the minor boarded empty quota container, in particular of those sent towards Asia (- 14.5%), partially because of the slow down of the Chinese exports. The agency has specified that instead an increase of the traffic containerized with the USA, the United Kingdom is found, Ireland, Spain and Portugal.

the other goods several has totaled an increase of +2.7% to 6,6 million tons, of which 5,4 million tons of rotabili (+1.8%) and 1,2 million conventional tons of goods (+6.7%).

In increase also the total volume of the liquid bulk that has been attested 58,4 million to tons (+3.3%), of which 26,0 million tons of crude oil (+2.0%), 24,4 million tons of producing oil (+7.0%), 142 thousand tons of natural gas which liquified (- 72.6%) and 7,8 million tons of other cargos liquids (+2.1%). The Harbour Authority has found that this section has benefitted of the low prices of the oil that has determined remarkable margins for the refineries, with consequent a greater activity of producing refining and commerce of oil.

In the field of the bulk sand banks is enlivened almost 21,0 million tons of cargos, with a reduction of the -4,0% on the first three months last year. Minerals and scrap ferrous are diminished of -6,1% to the 7,8 million one tons, while the coal has grown of +2.9% to 7,9 million tons and is increased also the agricultural bulk traffic that is gone up of +1.2% to beyond 2,5 million tons. The other bulk sand banks is piled to 2,7 million tons (- 18.6%). The authority harbour has explained that the decrease of iron ores has resulted from the remarkable Chinese steel amount poured on the European market, while the increment of the coal volumes has been effect of the decision of the ThyssenKrupp group to concentrate the transit of its coke supplies through the port of Rotterdam, partially balanced effect negatively from the cessation of the activity of two electric power plants to coal and from a extremely mild winter that an light contraction of the coal imports has determined.