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Stable the traffic of the goods in the port of Genoa to April
The tons of containerized trade are diminished after twenty consecutive months of increase
June 1, 2018
Last April the traffic total of the goods enlivened from the port of Genoa has turned out stable, while the single containerized trade, in terms of weight of enlivened cargos, has for the first time marked a bending after twenty consecutive months of increase, reduction that however it has not prevented to the harbour port of call to in April mark the second greater volume of enlivened containerized trade, inferior only to the record of 2,42 million tons established in April 2017.
Totally last April in port tons of goods are enlivened 4,50 million, with a decrease of the -0,4% on April 2017. The goods several is piled to 3,02 million tons (+0.9%), of which 2,21 million tons of goods in container (- 1.3%) pairs to 223.074 teu (+0.1%) and 805 thousand totaled with a handling of containers conventional tons of goods (+7.8%). The traffic of the bulk sand banks has attested to 70 thousand tons (+61.0%) to which tons of iron worker join to 266 thousand enlivened in industrial segment (+5.8%). In the field of the liquid bulk the mineral oils have been pairs to 1,00 million tons (- 6.4%) and the other bulk types to 64 thousand tons (+11.4%), of which 48 thousand tons of chemicals (to +10.8%) and 16 thousand tons of oils vegetables and wine (+13.3%). The supplies of bunker and supplies of edge are piled to 83 thousand tons (+15.6%).
Last April the traffic of the passengers has been of 176 thousand unit (- 18.2%), of which 96 thousand crocieristi (- fleeting 19.0%) and 80 thousand of ferries (- 17.3%).
In the first quadrimestre of the 2018 genoese port it has enlivened a total of 19,70 million tons of goods, with an increment of +4.4% on the same period last year. The passengers have been 460 thousand (- 4,0), of which 222 thousand in the section of the cruises (- 0.9%) and 238 thousand in that of ferries (- 6.6%).
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