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The port of Barcelona has established the own new records of semiannual and quarterly traffic of the goods
In the first six months of this year tons of cargos (+16.9% are enlivened almost 33,0 million)
July 25, 2018
The port of Barcelona has archived item the first six months of 2018 with various records of traffic of the goods enlivened, beginning from the new historical records of semiannual and quarterly traffic. The new absolute maximum peak of semiannual traffic has turned out pairs almost 33,0 million tons, total that an increment of +16.9% regarding the first semester of 2017 represents and is advanced to the precedence record of 32,6 million tons established in the second half last year.
The new semiannual record is yields of the new historical peak of containerized trade, that it has been pairs to 16,9 million tons (+23.2%) and is realized with a handling of containers pairs to 1.622.124 teu (+18.1%), of the new historical peak of conventional traffic of the goods, than they have been attested to 6,0 million tons (+6.1%), and of the new historical record of the liquid bulk traffic, that it is piled to beyond 7,8 million tons (+17.3%) and is reached thanks to the record of handling of 6,5 million tons of hydrocarbons (+19.1%) while the other cargos liquids are states pairs at less than 1,4 million tons (+9.1%). The traffic of the bulk sand banks has totaled 2,1 million tons and is increased of +3.5% on the first six months of 2017.
The new quarterly absolute record marked in the period April-june of this year has been almost 16,8 million tons, with a rise of +13.3% on the correspondent period of 2017. Also in according to trimester of the 2018 new historical peak it is reached thanks to the record of the containerized trade, that it has been such solo relatively to the weight of enlivened cargos that has turned out of 8,7 million tons (+23.3%) while the traffic which counted in container from 20 ' (teu) enlivened has been pairs to 836 thousand unit (+17.6%), and to the new record of the conventional traffic of the goods, that has turned out of 3,3 million tons (+7.7%). The liquid bulk is increased of +19.1% 3,8 million to tons, while the solid bulk is dropped of the -18,0% coming down to 959 thousand tons.
In the single month of june of the 2018 Catalan port it has enlivened 5,7 million tons of goods, with an increase of +18.8% on the june last year.
As for the traffic of the passengers, in the first half of 2018 it has been of 1,8 million people (+13.4%), of which 1,2 million crocieristi (+20.6%) and 536 thousand fleeting of ferries (- 0.4%). In the second solo trimester of this year the traffic has been of 1,3 million passengers (+9.3%), of which 952 thousand in the segment of cruises (+17.5%) and 333 thousand in that of ferries (- 8.8%).
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The port of Barcelona has archived item the first six months of 2018 with various records of traffic of the goods enlivened, beginning from the new historical records of semiannual and quarterly traffic. The new absolute maximum peak of semiannual traffic has turned out pairs almost 33,0 million tons, total that an increment of +16.9% regarding the first semester of 2017 represents and is advanced to the precedence record of 32,6 million tons established in the second half last year.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
