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In the third trimester of the 2017 traffic of the goods in the port of Palermo it is diminished of -4,7%
The passengers are dropped of -9,0%
October 24, 2017
In the third trimester of the 2017 traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Palermo it is diminished of -4,7% attesting to the 1,60 million one tons regarding 1,68 million tons in the period July-september last year. The goods several is piled to 1,48 million tons (- 4.3%), of which 1,45 million tons of rotabili (- 4.7%) and 36 thousand tons of containerized cargos (+15.7%). The liquid bulk is dropped of the -3,5% coming down to 101 thousand tons and decreasing they have turned out also the bulk sand banks that have totaled 19 thousand tons (- 33.4%).
In the field of the passengers the traffic has been altogether of 824 thousand people (- 9.0%), of which 616 thousand fleeting of the ferries (- crocieristi 9.3%), 139 thousand (- 12.3%) and 69 thousand fleeting of local marine services (+1.8%).
In the first nine months of this year the Palermo port has enlivened a total of 4,77 million tons of goods, with a contraction of the -3,1% regarding the period January-september of 2016, of which 3,11 million tons of goods to disembarkation (- 3.1%) and 1,66 million tons of goods to the boarding (- 3.1%). Altogether the goods several has been attested 4,45 million to tons (+0.7%), of which 4,33 million tons of rotabili (- 0.1%) and 120 thousand containerized tons of goods (+40.0%). Liquid bulk and sand banks are diminished respective of the -30,0% and the -67,5% to 281 thousand and 31 thousand tons.
The traffic of the passengers has been of 1,47 million unit (- 6.9%), of which 1,04 million passengers of the ferries (- crocieristi 5.0%), 330 thousand (- 15.6%) and 105 thousand fleeting of local lines (+6.7%).
In the first nine months of the 2017 neighbor port of Termini Imerese it has enlivened 426 thousand tons of goods (+161.9%), of which 324 thousand tons of rotabili (+343.2%) and 102 thousand tons of solid bulk (+13.8%). The passengers of the ferries have been 65 thousand (+706.3%).
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In the third trimester of the 2017 traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Palermo it is diminished of -4,7% attesting to the 1,60 million one tons regarding 1,68 million tons in the period July-september last year. The goods several is piled to 1,48 million tons (- 4.3%), of which 1,45 million tons of rotabili (- 4.7%) and 36 thousand tons of containerized cargos (+15.7%). The liquid bulk is dropped of the -3,5% coming down to 101 thousand tons and decreasing they have turned out also the bulk sand banks that have totaled 19 thousand tons (- 33.4%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
