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Today the port of the Pireo has enlivened cinquemilionesimo the container from the beginning of the year
In the first ten months of this year the containerized trade in the port of Valencia has been of 4,6 million teu (+7.3%)
November 18, 2019
The port of the Pireo has for the first time exceeded in its history the enlivened million threshold five container in a year. Cinquemilionesimo the container is disembarked today by portacontainer the COSCO Shipping Capricorn of the shipowning company Chinese COSCO Shipping that possesses 51% of the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA), the society that manages the Greek port.
The enlivened million traffic five teu from the beginning of this year from the port of the Pireo approaches the Greek port of call the first position of classifies of the main ports container of the Mediterranean that is occupied by the port of Valencia, Spanish port of call that last year it has enlivened altogether beyond 5,1 million teu.
While the port of Valencia has archived item the first ten months of this year with a containerized trade pairs to 4,6 million teu, with an increment of +7.3% on the same period of 2018. In the January-October period of the 2019 harbour system of Valencia, constituted from the ports of call of Valencia, Sagunto and Gandía, it has totally enlivened 68,3 million tons of goods (+7.4%), of which 51,3 million tons of containerized cargos (+7.1%), 12,4 million conventional tons of goods (+4.9%), 2,5 million liquid bulk (+53.5%) and 1,8 million tons of solid bulk (- 11.8%).
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