To Rotterdam they increase the container against a decrease of the other harbour traffics



In the first half of the 2018 traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Rotterdam it is diminished of the -2,2%, bending that is generated by the contraction of the volumes enlivened in all the segments of activity of the Dutch port of call with the exception of that of the container. Altogether the traffic is piled to 232,8 million tons regarding 237,9 million tons in the first six months of 2017, with the cargos to the disembarkation that have attested to 160,6 million tons (- 3.4%) and those to the boarding 72,1 million to tons (+0.6%).

The total of the containerized trade has been pairs to 73,7 million tons (+5.9%) and is realized with a handling of the containers pairs to 7.077.406 teu (+6.2%), with a traffic that in the single month of May has reached the new record salary of 1.242.000 teu. In the segment of the other goods several a decrease of the -1,1% with a total of 15,1 million enlivened tons is recorded, of which 12,0 million tons of rotabili (+2.4%) and 3,1 million tons of other cargos (- 12.6%).

More emphasized the decrease of the liquid bulk that has attested to 107,0 million tons (- 4.3%), with 50,7 million tons of crude oil (- 7.6%), 40,3 million oil tons of producing (- to 4.8%), 2,0 million tons of natural gas which liquified (+123.2%) and 14,0 million tons of other liquid bulk (+2.0%). In the section of the bulk sand banks tons (- 10.5%), of which 14,1 million tons of iron mineral and it scrap (- 10.1% are enlivened 37,0 million), 12,3 million tons of coal (- 11.9%), 5,2 million tons of agricultural bulk (- 7.0%) and 5,3 million tons of other bulk (- 11.3%).

In the second solo trimester of this year the total traffic is dropped of the -3,1% to 115,0 million tons regarding 118,7 million tons in the period April-june of 2017. The containerized trade has grown of +7.2% to 37,8 million tons with a handling of the container that has been pairs to 3.607.406 teu (+6.4%). In rise (+2.8%) also the other goods several, with the rotabili that have totaled 6,2 million tons (+3.7%) and the other goods 1,7 million tons (- 0.4%). In the field of the liquid bulk tons (- 9.0%), of which 25,3 million tons of crude oil (- 10.4% are enlivened 51,1 million), oil producing 17.5% of refined (- to 14.9%), 1,3 million tons of GNL (+95.7%) and 7,0 million tons of other cargos liquids (+4.5%). The solid bulk is piled to 18,2 million tons (- 7.2%), with 7,0 million tons of iron mineral and scrap (- 10.6%), 5,8 million tons of coal (- 2.9%), 2,6 million tons of agricultural bulk (- 4.0%) and 2,7 million tons of other bulk sand banks (- 9.7%).