the port of Antwerp has established the own new semiannual and quarterly records of traffic



In the first semester of this year the port of Antwerp has enlivened a volume record of 108,3 million tons of goods, with an increment of +3.6% regarding 104,5 million tons in the first six months of 2015, period in which was established the precedence semiannual record of traffic. In the second solo trimester of the 2016 traffic has been pairs to a record of 55,0 million tons, with an increase of +2.9% regarding the period April-june last year in which the precedence was marked quarterly record with 53,5 million tons.

In the first half of the 2016 traffic of the goods several it is piled to 66,9 million tons (+3.2% on the first semester 2015), of which 59,8 million containerized tons of goods (+3.9%) pairs to 5.047.468 teu (+4.4% totaled with a handling of containers), 2,3 million tons of rotabili (- 3.7%) and 4,7 million conventional tons of goods (- 1.7%). Handling of new motors vehicle of factory has been pairs to 620 thousand vehicles (+6.7%).

In according to trimester of the 2016 total volume of the several goods enlivened from the Belgian harbour port of call it has been attested to 34,2 million tons (+2.9% on according to trimester 2015), with the 30,6 million one tons of goods in container (+4.6%) realized with a handling of containers pairs to 2.587.621 teu (+4.1%), 1,2 million tons of goods ro-ro (- 8.8%) and 2,4 million tons of conventional goods (- 5.2%).

In the field of the bulk, the first semester of this year is closed with a total of cargos liquids pairs to 35,4 million tons (of which 26,2 million tons of producing oil, +13.9%), with a progression of +8.4% on the same period of 2015, while the bulk cargos sand banks are diminished of -14,7% to the 6,0 million one tons (with a contraction of the -55,0% of the coal to 373 thousand tons and a bending of the -18,9% of minerals to 996 thousand tons).

Also in according to trimester of the 2016 liquid bulk they have recorded an increase having gone up of +5.0% to 17,7 million tons and the solid bulk has shown a decrease of -19,0% coming down to the 3,1 million one tons.

The Harbour Authority of Antwerp has announced that in the first six months of this year an sensitive increment of the portacontenitori ports of call of ships of large-capacity is found, pairs at least 13,000 teu, that it has been pairs to +78% on the first semester of 2015.