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In the first semester of this year the traffic of the goods in the port of Taranto is increased of +17.8%
Increment of +22.6% in according to trimester after the recorded decrease of the -12,2% in the first three months of 2019
August 5, 2019
In the first semester of this year the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Taranto is piled to 1,77 million tons, with an increment of +17.8% on the total enlivened in the first half of 2018, of which 995 thousand tons of cargos to disembarkation (+25.3%) and 775 thousand tons to boarding (+9.5%). The rise of the total traffic is generated by the increase of the bulk traffics, with the solid cargos that have totaled 995 thousand tons (+21.6%) and those liquids 371 thousand tons (+21.6%). In the field of the goods several the traffic has remained stable to 455 thousand tons (- 0.2%). We remember that the apulian port has exited from the market of the containerized marine traffic to end 2014 with the suspension of the activity of the Taranto Container Terminal, the concessionary former society of the Polisettoriale Pier(on 29 September 2015), field in which the port of Taranto one gets ready to re-enter in recent days having assigned in concession this area to the Yilport Turk(on 31 July 2019).
The increment of the traffic recorded from the harbour port of call in the first six months of the 2019 has been produced entirely in the second half of the period. In the first trimester of this year, in fact, the total of 4,65 million tons enlivened has turned out inferior of the -12,2% to the volume of traffic enlivened in the first three months of the 2018 because of bending of the solid and liquid bulk, is attested respective to 2,06 million tons (- 25.2%) and 1,08 million tons (- 18.6%), partially compensated from the several increase of +24.8% of the goods that has turned out pairs to 1,50 million tons.
In according to trimester of the 2019 port it has totally enlivened 6,09 million tons of cargos, with a progression of +22.6% on the correspondent period last year, of which 3,76 million tons to disembarkation (+43.9%) and 2,33 million tons to boarding (- 1.1%). If the total traffic of the goods several is diminished of -4,3% coming down to the 1,48 million one tons, the solid and liquid bulk has grown of +36.0% and +30.6% going up to 3,61 million tons and 994 thousand tons.
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