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In the first trimester of the 2016 traffic in the port of Amburgo it is diminished of -2,5%
Down the goods several and the solid bulk
May 23, 2016
In the first three months of the 2016 traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Amburgo it is diminished, for the fourth consecutive trimester, regarding the correspondent period last year. The German port of call has enlivened altogether 34,8 million tons of cargos, with a reduction of the -2,5% on the first trimester of 2015. In the first trimester of the 2016 traffic of import light it has grown being it are pairs to 20,1 million tons regarding 19,6 million tons in the first three months last year, while that of export is come down to 14,6 million tons regarding 16,0 million tons in the first trimester of 2015.
The total decrease of the traffic is determined is from the reduction of the bulk volumes, that they have totaled 11,5 million tons (- 1.9% on the volume record of first trimester 2015) is from the contraction of the traffic of the goods several, than it has been attested 23,3 million to tons (- 2.7%).
In particular, in this last segment the goods conventional is piled to 420 thousand tons regarding 430 thousand in the first three containerized months last year and the goods is come down from 23,1 million to 22,9 million tons. Handling of the container in terms of box from 20 ' has been pairs to 2,23 million teu regarding 2,31 million teu in the first trimester of 2015. The decrease of the containerized trade is determined mainly by the reduction of the volumes with China, that they have been pairs to 651.000 teu (- 8.0%), let alone of the volumes with Singapore (- 7.6%) and Russia (- 4.9%)
The Harbour Authority of Amburgo has specified to have found in the first three months of a 2016 stabilization of the traffic of the container with China and Russia and that this makes to suppose that the decrease of the volumes with these markets, that they continue to being the first partner commercial for the port of Amburgo, has reached rock bottom.
In the field of the bulk, the cargos liquids are increased to 3,7 million tons regarding 3,5 million in the first three months of 2015, while in the segment of cargos it dry the dusty bulk and those enlivened with bucket are diminished respective to 2,3 million and 5,4 million tons against 2,7 million and 5,5 million tons in the first trimester last year.
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