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In the first seven months of the 2016 port of Algeciras it has enlivened beyond 2,7 million container (+11.1%)
the riappropria port of call of the first position in classifies of the Spanish ports of call container
August 26, 2016
The port of Algeciras has newly climbed over the harbour port of call of Valencia in the ranking of the first Spanish, reinsediandosi ports container to the first place of classifies, to continuation mainly of the series of strikes that in the past few months has caused a slow down of the containerized trade on the docks of the Valencian port.
In the first seven months of the 2016 port of Algeciras it has enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to 2.754.093 teu, with a progression of +11.1% regarding 2.478.864 teu in the January-July period last year. Valencia instead has been stopped to 2.694.100 teu, total that represents a bending of the -1,2% regarding the first seven months of 2015.
The important increase of the containerized trade in the port of Algeciras, than however in last the two months seems to be itself attenuated since last june it has been of +6% and to July of +1%, is not accompanied by an increase of the bulk volumes that instead are diminished, with cargos liquids come down of the -0,8% to 16,1 million tons and those solid ones dropped of the -20,5% to 976 thousand tons.
Altogether in the first seven months of this year the port of Algeciras has enlivened 60,4 million tons of goods, with an increment of +7.3% on the same period of 2015. Emphasized also the increase of the traffic of the passengers, that it has totaled 2,9 million people (+7.2%).
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