In the first semester of this year the traffic goods in the port of Livorno has grown of +5.1%



In the first semester of this year the port of Livorno has enlivened 16,7 million tons of goods, with a progression of +5.1% regarding the first half of 2015. In the single field of the goods several an increase of +4.9% being enlivened beyond 11,7 million tons is recorded, of which 5,9 million tons of rotabili (+9.5%) (in number of vehicles the traffic has been of 191.493 means, +13.3%), 4,8 million tons of containerized cargos (+10.5%) totaled with a handling of containers pairs to 423.312 (+9.8%) and 987 thousand conventional tons of goods (- 3.9%).

the Harbour Authority of Livorno has evidenced that to the increase of the traffic of the container they have contributed is handling of full containers (+2.8% in general terms and +8.2% to the disembarkation) is that of the empty containers, increased of +2.4%. "After Venice - it has found the president of the agency, Giuliano Gallanti - ours it is the port that has achieved in the traffic of the container the best ones turned out semiannual in terms of increase. Now the conditions are all in order to call of Livorno highly competitive harbour". The authority has specified that the statistical data confirm also the increase of the transfer traffic that is increased almost +30% regarding the first semester of 2015. Al clearly of the operations of transhipment the relative traffic containers to the period January-june 2016 has made to mark a +2.7%.

the Harbour Authority has announced moreover that the increases of the traffics of cellulose, paper and timber that, with 936tonnellate, a +11.4% regarding first semester 2015 have recorded, and of new cars have been particularly important also that, with an increase of +25.5%, have reached a total handling of 300.387 vehicles.

In the segment of the bulk is enlivened altogether 5,0 million tons (+5.7%), of which 4,6 million tons of liquid bulk (+6.6%) and 436 thousand tons of solid bulk (- 2.4%).

In the field of the passengers, the crocieristi are piled to 281.281 people (+13.9%) and the passengers of the ferries to 672.360 (+22.2%).

"the statistical data of this first semester - it has observed Gallanti - confirm the optimal results achieved in 2015, and if they will find confirmation in the second part of the year, the Leighorn port of call could conquer new historical results in many fields, to begin from the rotabili and the container".