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In the first semester of this year the traffic of the goods in the port of Marseilles Fos has grown of +2.0%
In according to trimester the increase it has been of +7.8%
July 11, 2017
In the first semester of this year the traffic of the goods in the port of Marseilles Fos is piled to 39,9 million tons, with an increment of +2.0% regarding 39,1 million tons in the correspondent period of the 2016, increase that is determined by the increment of recorded +7.8% in according to trimester of 2017, when they are enlivened 20,3 million tons regarding 18,9 million tons in the period April-june of 2016, that it has more than compensated the marked decrease of the -3,5% in the first trimester of this year when tons regarding 20,3 million tons in the period are enlivened 19,6 million January-March of 2016.
In entire the first semester of the 2017 the goods to the disembarkation tons (+4.3%) and those to the boarding have been attested to 29,4 million 10,5 million to tons (- 4.0%).
In the first six months of this year the total traffic of the goods several is increased of +11.9% 10,3 million to tons, of which 6,6 million containerized tons of goods (+9.6%) pairs to 667.856 teu (+6.9% totaled with a container handling), almost 2,2 million tons of rotabili (+7.6%) and 1,5 million conventional tons of goods (+31.7%).
Totally the volume of traffic of the liquid bulk is diminished of -2,5% coming down to the 22,8 million one tons, of which 21,2 million tons of hydrocarbons (- 3.2%) - included 10,6 million tons of crude oil (- 13.4%), 6,8 million oil producing tons of refined (to +14.0%), 2,6 million tons of which liquified natural gas (- 0.4%) and 1,1 million tons of gas of liquified oil (+11.3%) - and 1,6 million tons of liquid bulk chemistries and foods (+7.8%).
The traffic of the solid bulk has grown of +3.9% to 6,8 million tons, of which 4,6 million tons of iron worker (+1.2%), 92 thousand tons of agricultural and food- bulk (- 78.4%) and 2,1 million tons of other bulk sand banks (+33.8%).
In the field of the passengers the traffic has been of 977 thousand people (+1.0%), of which 600 thousand crocieristi (- fleeting 2.6%) and 377 thousand of ferries (+7.5%).
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In the first semester of this year the traffic of the goods in the port of Marseilles Fos is piled to 39,9 million tons, with an increment of +2.0% regarding 39,1 million tons in the correspondent period of the 2016, increase that is determined by the increment of recorded +7.8% in according to trimester of 2017, when they are enlivened 20,3 million tons regarding 18,9 million tons in the period April-june of 2016, that it has more than compensated the marked decrease of the -3,5% in the first trimester of this year when tons regarding 20,3 million tons in the period are enlivened 19,6 million January-March of 2016.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
