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In March, freight traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by -8.3%
Drastic drop in shipping containers
April 21, 2020
In March 2019 alone, the Spanish port 4.9 million tonnes of goods, down -8.3% on March of last year. The Port Authority of Barcelona underlined that this reduction in activity is due to the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on international trade and the downtime of the sector first in much of Asia and then in Europe and America. In particular, last month the goods fell by -14.3% to 2.4 million tonnes made with a container handling of 219,827 teu (-18.9%) 75,000 teu in transit (-38.2%) And 146 thousand at landing/boarding (-2.7%, with a decrease of -19% in imports and export growth of 8%). Conventional goods are 910,000 tonnes (-10.3%). Liquid bulks have totaled 1.3 million tonnes (up 8.7%) and solid ones 160,000 tonnes (-45.1%).
In the first quarter of 2020, passenger traffic 352 thousand people (-32.0%), of which 198 thousand cruisers (-34,9%) 154,000 ferry passengers (-27.8%). In the month alone March, due to the stoppage of passenger maritime traffic imposed by day 13, the cruisers were thirty thousand, with a -77.0%, and ferry passengers 43,000 (-54.8%).
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In March 2019 alone, the Spanish port 4.9 million tonnes of goods, down -8.3% on March of last year. The Port Authority of Barcelona underlined that this reduction in activity is due to the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on international trade and the downtime of the sector first in much of Asia and then in Europe and America. In particular, last month the goods fell by -14.3% to 2.4 million tonnes made with a container handling of 219,827 teu (-18.9%) 75,000 teu in transit (-38.2%) And 146 thousand at landing/boarding (-2.7%, with a decrease of -19% in imports and export growth of 8%). Conventional goods are 910,000 tonnes (-10.3%). Liquid bulks have totaled 1.3 million tonnes (up 8.7%) and solid ones 160,000 tonnes (-45.1%).
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