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In June the port of Genoa has recorded the own new record historical salary of traffic of the container
In the first six months of the 2019 total it has been of 1.327.800 teu (- 1.2%)
July 18, 2019
The Authority of Harbour System of the Ligurian Sea Western has announced that the traffic of the container enlivened last month from the port of Genoa has been pairs to 241.466 teu, since constitutes the new record historical salary for the harbour port of call of the capital of Liguria and an increment of +11.1% on the june a 2018 let alone increase of +1.1% on July 2017 when the precedence was established record.
In the first six months of 2019 handlings of containers they have reached quota 1.327.800 teu, with a content decrease of the -1,2% on the first half last year thanks to the rise of +2.7% recorded in the second solo trimester.
Moreover the authority has specified that at the level of single terminals, the month of june 2019 has been revealed particularly shining for the terminal PSA Genoa Prà that has enlivened 152,566 teu and has closed the first six months of this year with an analogous total to that of the first six months of 2018. Very positive also the activity of terminals SECH, than in June has enlivened 28,880 teu (+36.6%), and Genoa Port Terminal, that it has totaled 34,566 teu (+2.8%).
The AdSP has specified moreover that quota transhipment is maintained online with that of 2018, with an incidence of 12.7% on the total containerized trade.
"The reached result - the president of the harbour agency has commented, Paolo Emilio Signorini - assumes a still greater relief if it is framed in the context of uncertainty of the international economy, tied also to the tensions between China and the United States, that it sees a general slow down of the exchanges on the routes for Far East. Our port has known to react with effectiveness to the difficulties post-bridge, being convinced great operators to increase own presence to Genoa: between last the Hapag Lloyd with the office district for South Europe and ONE with its services towards Asia, Americas and the Mediterranean. Thanks to the investments in existence by degrees total players as PSA, MSC, Maersk and COSCO - it has concluded Gentlemen - we are trusting that the ports of call of our harbour system are returning on the interrupted path of constant increase from collapse of the bridge".
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