In the third trimester the port of Rotterdam has recorded an increment of container and rotabili and a decrease of the bulk



In the third trimester of the 2017 traffic of the goods in the port of Rotterdam July-september is diminished of the -1,7% being is pairs to 113,5 million tons regarding 115,5 million tons in the period last year. The bending is determined by the reduction of the bulk volumes balanced from the rise of the traffics of container and rotabili.

In particular, in the field of the container the traffic is piled to 36,3 million tons (+14.4%) and is totaled with a handling of containers pairs to beyond 3,5 million teu (+11.5%). Supported also the increase of cargos ro-ro that they have been attested 6,2 million to tons (+8.7%), while the other goods several is diminished of -4,7% coming down to the 1,5 million one tons.

In the section of the bulk sand banks the total has been of 19,8 million tons (- 5.6%), of which 7,7 million tons of minerals and it scrap (- 1.7%), 5,9 million tons of carbons (- 23.1%), 3,2 million tons of agricultural bulk (+29.6%) and 3,0 million tons of other solid bulk (+3.2%).

The total volume of the liquid bulk has been pairs to 49,7 million tons (- 10.5%), of which 24,0 million tons of crude oil (- 7.2%), 17,4 million oil producing tons of refined (- 17.7%), 414 thousand tons of which liquified natural gas (- to 12.1%) and 7,9 million tons of other cargos liquids (- 2.3%).

In the first nine months of this year the Dutch port has totally enlivened 351,5 million tons of goods, with a progression of +2.0% on the period January-september of 2016, of which 244,6 million tons of goods to disembarkation (+1.9%) and 106,9 million tons of goods to boarding (+2.1%).

The containerized trade is piled to 105,9 million tons (+11.7% on the first nine months of 2016) and is realized with a container handling pairs almost 9,3 million teu (+10.1%). In the segment of the rotabili the traffic has been of 17,9 million tons (+6.6%) and in that of the other goods several of 5,0 million tons (+18.9%). The total volume of the solid bulk has been pairs to 61,1 million tons (+1.4%), of which 23,4 million tons of minerals and +0.7% scrap (), 19,9 million tons of carbons (- 2.6%), 8,8 million tons of agricultural bulk (+14.7%) and 9,0 million tons of other solid bulk (+1.2%). The total of the liquid bulk has been of 161,5 million tons (- 4.2%), of which 78,9 million tons of crude oil (+3.5%), 59,7 million refined producing tons of oil (- 11.4%), 1,3 million tons of natural gas which liquified (- 3.0%) and 21,6 million tons of other liquid bulk (- 8.5%).