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-5.1% drop in freight traffic handled by Spanish ports in the last quarter of 2019
The full year ended with a record total of 564.6 million tonnes, or 0.2%
February 12, 2020
In the whole of 2019, total port traffic reached 564.6 million tonnes, with a slight increase in 0.2% on the previous year. The largest increase (3.5%) was recorded by liquid bulks with 187 million tons and was driven by gas traffic biofuels, which have risen from 11.2 million tonnes in 2018 to 15.6 million in 2019 and 5 million tonnes 6.5 million tonnes. Goods are also on the rise 274 million tonnes, or 2.5%, with a total of 274 million tonnes significant increases in traffic such as non-metallic minerals Feed and fodder (up 14%) fruits, vegetables and legumes (up 8%). On the other hand, solid bulks fell by -11.0% 90.9 million tonnes, with a decrease in mainly coal traffic that has gone from 26.4 million tonnes in 2018 to 17.6 million tonnes in the following year.
Last year passenger traffic was eventful Spanish ports totalled 37.3 million 3.6%, of which 26.7 million passengers regular seafarers (3.0%) 10.6 million cruisers (up 4.8%).
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In the whole of 2019, total port traffic reached 564.6 million tonnes, with a slight increase in 0.2% on the previous year. The largest increase (3.5%) was recorded by liquid bulks with 187 million tons and was driven by gas traffic biofuels, which have risen from 11.2 million tonnes in 2018 to 15.6 million in 2019 and 5 million tonnes 6.5 million tonnes. Goods are also on the rise 274 million tonnes, or 2.5%, with a total of 274 million tonnes significant increases in traffic such as non-metallic minerals Feed and fodder (up 14%) fruits, vegetables and legumes (up 8%). On the other hand, solid bulks fell by -11.0% 90.9 million tonnes, with a decrease in mainly coal traffic that has gone from 26.4 million tonnes in 2018 to 17.6 million tonnes in the following year.
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