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It continues the strong increase of the containerized trade in the port of Barcelona
To April +27.1% are enlivened 258 thousand teu ()
May 17, 2018
The fort is continued also to April increment of the traffic of the container enlivened from the port of Barcelona, in existence from seventeen months with the exception of the light decrease (in terms of tons enlivened) recorded last February. To April 2018 the containerized trade in the Catalan port of call is piled to 2,8 million tons, with an increment of +37.6% on April 2018, traffic that in terms of container from 20 ' feet (teu) enlivened has been pairs to 258 thousand teu (+27.1%), of which 101 thousand teu in transfer (+94.4%). Altogether last month the port has enlivened 5,1 million tons of goods (+19.7%. The goods conventional tons (+12.5% have been attested almost 1,1 million). In the field of the bulk the cargos liquids are diminished of the -15,5% coming down to 875 thousand tons, of which 645 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (- 23.6%) and 229 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (+20.5%), while the solid cargos are increased of +46.4% to 405 thousand tons.
In the first quadrimestre of the 2018 traffic total it has been of 21,3 million tons, with a progression of +18.2% on the January-April period last year. In the segment of the container tons (+25.6% are enlivened 14,8 million) and are totaled with a handling of containers pairs to 1,0 million teu (+20.2%), of which 414 thousand teu in transfer (+54.6%). The goods conventional has been attested 3,8 million to tons (+6.4%). Handling of new cars of factory has been of 295 thousand unit (+5.8%). The liquid bulk is piled to 5,0 million tons (+8.8%), of which 4,1 million tons of hydrocarbons (+8.4%) and 879 thousand tons of other cargos (+10.6%), and the solid bulk to 1,6 million tons (+34.9%). In the section of the passengers the traffic has been of 918 thousand people (+20.0%), of which 611 thousand crocieristi (+30.3%) and 307 thousand fleeting of ferries (+3.8%).
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