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Last month the port of Barcelona has enlivened four million tons of goods (- 1.7%)
Increase of the goods several and the bulk sand banks. Decrease of cargos liquids
May 27, 2016
Last month the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona has marked a bending of the -1,7% being is pairs to 4,00 million tons regarding 4,05 million tons in April 2015. The decrease is determined by the contraction of the -25,6% of the liquid bulk volumes that have attested to 813 thousand tons, of which 609 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (- 29.3%) and 205 thousand tons of other cargos liquids (- 11.8%). The bulk sand banks is piled to 413 thousand tons (+10.4%). The total of the goods several of 2,75 million tons has turned out in increase of +6.7%, with 1,79 million containerized tons of goods (+9.6%) realized with a handling of containers pairs to 192.056 teu (+18.4%) and 960 thousand conventional tons of goods (+1.7%).
Last month the traffic of the passengers has been of 308 thousand unit (+7.6%), of which 223 thousand crocieristi (+8.7%) and 84 thousand fleeting of ferries (+5.0%).
In the first quadrimestre of the 2016 Catalan port it has enlivened altogether 14,91 million tons of goods, with a progression of +3.5% on the January-April period last year. The liquid bulk is dropped of -3,2% to the 3,66 million one tons, of which 2,88 million tons of hydrocarbons (+3.7%) and 783 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (- 22.3%). The solid bulk is increased of +5.7% 1,38 million to tons. In the field of the goods several the traffic has been of 9,87 million tons (+5.9%), of which 6,48 million tons of containerized cargos (+9.1%) totaled with a container handling pairs to 685.082 teu (+10.6%) and 3,38 million tons of conventional cargos (+0.3%).
In the first four months of this year the passengers have been 728 thousand (+10.1%), of which 480 thousand crocieristi (+9.5%) and 249 thousand fleeting of regular lines (+11.2%).
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Last month the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona has marked a bending of the -1,7% being is pairs to 4,00 million tons regarding 4,05 million tons in April 2015. The decrease is determined by the contraction of the -25,6% of the liquid bulk volumes that have attested to 813 thousand tons, of which 609 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (- 29.3%) and 205 thousand tons of other cargos liquids (- 11.8%). The bulk sand banks is piled to 413 thousand tons (+10.4%). The total of the goods several of 2,75 million tons has turned out in increase of +6.7%, with 1,79 million containerized tons of goods (+9.6%) realized with a handling of containers pairs to 192.056 teu (+18.4%) and 960 thousand conventional tons of goods (+1.7%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
