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To August the port of Barcelona has recorded an increase of the container and a decrease of the other types of cargos
In the first eight months of the 2018 Catalan port it has enlivened 44,71 million tons of goods (+13,3)
October 1, 2018
Last August the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona is diminished of the -3,2% being is pairs to 5,24 million tons regarding 5,42 million tons in August 2017. The bending is determined by the reduction of the bulk traffics, with cargos buckets that have attested to 304 thousand tons (- 18.2%) and those liquids to 1,05 million tons (- 24.1%) of which 866 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (- 21.9%) and 189 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (- 32.5%). The volume of total traffic of the goods several instead has grown of +9.3% to 3,88 million tons, with a rise of +13.2% of the containerized trade that has totaled 3,03 million tons with a container handling pairs to 301 thousand teu (+3.6%) that it has more than compensated a reduction of the -2,4% of the goods conventional come down to 849 thousand tons. Handling of new cars has been almost 40 thousand vehicles (- 8.0%). In the field of the passengers the traffic has been of 643 thousand people (- 0.1%), of which crocieristi 327 thousand (- 1.5%) and 316 thousand fleeting of ferries (+1.4%).
In the first eight months of the 2018 Catalan port it has enlivened altogether 44,71 million tons of goods, with a progression of +13.3% on the correspondent period last year. The goods several has grown of +14.5% to 31,21 million tons, of which 23,25 million tons of goods in container (+18.5%) with a handling of containers pairs to beyond 2,2 million teu (+13.9%) - with 930 thousand teu in transit (+31.8%) and 1,3 million to the disembarkation and boarding (+3.9%) - and 7,96 million conventional tons of goods (+4.3%). In the segment of the new cars of factory means (+1.1% are enlivened 561 thousand). The traffic of the liquid bulk is piled to 10,74 million tons (+13.5%), of which 8,96 million tons of hydrocarbons (+16.7%) and 1,78 million tons of other cargos (- 0.1%). The total of the bulk sand banks has been of 2,75 million tons (- 0.2%). In the section of the passengers the traffic has been of 3,0 million unit (+8.8%), of which 1,9 million crocieristi (+14.3%) and 1,1 million passengers of ferries (+0.1%).
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Last August the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona is diminished of the -3,2% being is pairs to 5,24 million tons regarding 5,42 million tons in August 2017. The bending is determined by the reduction of the bulk traffics, with cargos buckets that have attested to 304 thousand tons (- 18.2%) and those liquids to 1,05 million tons (- 24.1%) of which 866 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (- 21.9%) and 189 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (- 32.5%). The volume of total traffic of the goods several instead has grown of +9.3% to 3,88 million tons, with a rise of +13.2% of the containerized trade that has totaled 3,03 million tons with a container handling pairs to 301 thousand teu (+3.6%) that it has more than compensated a reduction of the -2,4% of the goods conventional come down to 849 thousand tons. Handling of new cars has been almost 40 thousand vehicles (- 8.0%). In the field of the passengers the traffic has been of 643 thousand people (- 0.1%), of which crocieristi 327 thousand (- 1.5%) and 316 thousand fleeting of ferries (+1.4%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
