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Last month the traffic of the goods in the port of Barcelona has grown of +39.7%
increase of goods several (+45.8%) and of liquid bulk (+48.4%). Decrease of the -14,8% of the bulk sand banks
September 18, 2017
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Last month the port of Barcelona has recorded newly a fort increment of the goods enlivened having totaled 5,5 million tons, with an increase of +39.7% regarding 3,9 million tons enlivened in August 2016. The consisting rise is generated by the increase of +45.8% of the goods several, with the containerized trade that is piled to 2,8 million tons (+63.7%) and that of the goods conventional to 869 thousand tons (+7.6%), and from the increment of +48.4% of the liquid bulk that has been attested to beyond 1,4 million tons, of which almost 1,2 million tons of hydrocarbons (+51.0%) and 282 thousand tons of other cargos liquids (+38.5%). In the field of the bulk the traffic instead is diminished of the -14,8% coming down to 372 thousand tons.
To August 2017 the traffic of the passengers in the Catalan port has been 643 thousand people (+1.0%), of which 332 thousand crocieristi (- fleeting 6.8%) and 311 thousand of ferries (+10.8%).
In the first eight months of this year the traffic of the goods has been altogether pairs to 39,3 million tons, with an increase of +21.8% on the correspondent period of 2016. The goods several has grown of +27.9% to 27,1 million tons, of which 19,5 million tons of containerized cargos (+39.7%) totaled with a handling of containers pairs to 1.945.647 teu (+30.2%) and 7,6 million tons of conventional cargos (+5.2%). Handling of new motors vehicle of factory has been of 555 thousand average (- 8.7%). The liquid bulk is piled to 9,4 million tons (+16.2%), of which 7,7 million tons of hydrocarbons (+18.1%) and than less 1,8 million tons than other liquid bulk (+8.6%), and the solid bulk almost 2,8 million tons (- 6.4%).
In the first eight months of the 2017 passengers has been more than 2,7 million (+2.2%), of which 1,7 million crocieristi (- 2.8%) and 1,1 million passengers of ferries (+11.1%).
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