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In the second quarter, freight traffic at ports in the Southern Adriatic decreased by -24.2%
In Bari and Brindisi, the decline was -21.7% and -27.7% respectively
July 15, 2020
Passenger traffic at the ports of the system, affected even more than the goods, too, from the effects of Pandemic of Covid-19, has greatly decreased having been only 59,000 ferry passengers (-80.3%) were affected and with a cruise traffic that has zeroed out compared to 246 thousand cruisers in the second quarter of 2019.
In the second quarter of 2020, the only port in Bari 1.3 million tonnes of goods (-21.7%), of which 778 thousand tonnes of miscellaneous goods (-24.1%) - including 132 thousand tonnes containers (-24.1%) and 646 thousand ro-ro (-21.9%) - and 537 thousand tonnes dry bulk (-17.8%). Ferry passengers were 36,000 (-82.1%).
The contraction of freight traffic in the port has also been decided April-June this year 1.3 million tonnes (-27.7%), of which 421,000 tonnes tonnes of miscellaneous goods (-25.6%) - including 412 thousand tonnes of (-24.4%) -, 512 thousand tonnes of solid bulks (-19.2%) And 370,000 tonnes of liquid bulk (-38.6%). Passengers 23,000 ferries (-76.6%).
In the first half of this year, the ports Adriatic Sea Port System Authority A total of 6.6 million people have been affected by the tonnes of goods, down -8.5% in the first half of the year 2.7 million tonnes of which were handled in the port of Bari (-9.2%) 3.1 million tonnes in the port of Brindisi (-7,4%).
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Passenger traffic at the ports of the system, affected even more than the goods, too, from the effects of Pandemic of Covid-19, has greatly decreased having been only 59,000 ferry passengers (-80.3%) were affected and with a cruise traffic that has zeroed out compared to 246 thousand cruisers in the second quarter of 2019.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
