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Last year the port of Zeebrugge has enlivened 37,8 million tons of goods (- 1.3%)
New records in the fields of the new cars and the cruises
January 13, 2017
Last year the port of Zeebrugge has enlivened 37,8 million tons of goods, with a decrease of -1,3% regarding the 38,3 million one tons totaled in the 2015 that are determined by the reduction of the containerized volumes of goods and liquid bulk, decrease that partially is compensated by the sensitive increase of the traffics of conventional rotabili, goods and solid bulk.
In particular, in the 2016 traffic of goods in container it is diminished of -7,6% to the 14,4 million one tons, while in the segment of the goods several the cargos ro-ro are increased of +6.7% 14,3 million to conventional tons and the goods has recorded a rise of +27.5% going up to 1,5 million tons. In the field of handling of new cars of factory the Belgian port has marked the own new historical record having had enlivened 2.766.113 motor vehicles, with an increment of +13.9% regarding 2015 when the precedence was established record with 2.427.950 means.
Last year the traffic of the liquid bulk is piled to 6,0 million tons (- 10.7%) and that of the bulk sand banks to 1,5 million tons (+13.2%).
In the 2016 port of Zeebrugge record of 142 cruise ships (111 in the year is scaled by the number precedence) for a traffic of crocieristi of 743.085 units (+57.7%) that she constitutes also the new record anniversary of the port of call in the segment of the cruises.
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