In the first half of the 2017 port of Rotterdam has established own absolute record of semiannual traffic of the goods



the port of Rotterdam has closed the first half of 2017 having recorded the own new absolute record of semiannual traffic of the goods having enlivened 238,0 million tons of cargos, with an increment of +3.9% regarding the second half of the year of the 2016 and with an increase of +0.8% regarding the precedence record of 236,2 million tons obtained in the first semester of 2015.

In the second solo trimester of the 2017 Dutch port has enlivened 118,7 million tons of goods, volume that is advanced of +5.8% regarding that totaled in the same period of 2016 and that he only turns out inferior to the total enlivened in the first trimester of 2017 (119,3 million tons) and to the established absolute quarterly record in according to trimester of 2015 with the 119,4 million one tons.

In according to trimester of this year traffic of goods containerized enlivened from Rotterdam is piled to 35,2 million tons (+9.9% on according to trimester 2016) and is realized with a handling of containers pairs almost 3,4 million teu (+9.8%). In increase they have turned out also the traffics of rotabili, with 6,0 million tons (+4.6%), and of the other goods several, than it has been attested 1,7 million to tons (+18.5%).

In the field of the bulk, the total volume of solid cargos is increased of +7.0% 19,6 million to tons, of which beyond 7,8 million tons of minerals and +3.4% scrap (), 6,0 million tons of coal (+23.2%), 2,7 million tons of agricultural bulk (+1.7%) and almost 3,0 million tons of other bulk sand banks (- 7.1%); the total of cargos liquids has been of 56,2 million tons (+2.8%), of which 28,2 million tons of crude oil (+16.2%), 20,6 million oil producing tons of refined (- 5.5%), 644 thousand tons of which liquified natural gas (- to 10.4%) and 6,7 million tons of other liquid bulk (- 14.2%).

Al absolute record of the volume of enlivened total traffic in the first semester of the 2017 other marked absolute semiannual records from the port of Rotterdam in the first six months of this year join: that of the containerized trade, that it is piled to 69,5 million tons (+10.4% on the first semester 2016) and almost 6,7 million teu (+9.3%), and that of the traffic of the rotabili with 11,7 million tons (+5.5%).

In the first semester of this year, also not having made to record historical peaks, has turned out in sensitive increase also the traffic of the other goods several, than it has been attested 3,5 million to tons (+33.1%), and that of the solid bulk that is piled to 41,3 million tons (+5.1%), of which 15,7 million tons of minerals and +1.9% scrap (), 14,0 million tons of coal (+9.8%), 5,6 million tons of agricultural bulk (+7.7%) and 6,0 million tons of other solid bulk (+0.8%) the traffic of the liquid bulk have instead shown a decrease ofthe -1,0% being it are pairs to 111,8 million tons, of which 54,9 million tons of oil crude oil (+9.0%), 42,3 million producing tons of refined (- 8.5%), 878 thousand tons of GNL (+2.0%) and 13,8 million tons of other liquid bulk (- 11.7%).