Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic at the port of Rotterdam decreased by -9.0%
Containers amounted to 3,452,615 teu (-9.3%)
July 23, 2020
Containerized traffic alone was globally 36.8 million tonnes (-6.2%) and it's been realized with a container handling of 3,452,615 teu (-9.3%). More marked the contraction of the other miscellaneous goods 6.3 million tonnes (-16.1%), of which 4.9 million tonnes million tonnes of rolling stock (-17.7%) 1.4 million tonnes of other loads (-10.2%). Solid bulks have dropped 14.0 million tonnes, a reduction that is 24.8% was generated by decreases of -47.6%, -25.5% minerals and scrap (4.4 million tonnes) and (3.7 million tonnes), while increases are have been recorded by both agricultural bulks that have totaled 2.5 million tonnes (up 13.5%) both from the other dry bulks 3.4 million tonnes (up 11.8%). In liquid bulk industry traffic has dropped 4.4% to 49.4 million tonnes, of which 24.3 million tonnes million tonnes of crude oil (up 0.5%), 15.5 million tonnes of tonnes of refined petroleum products (-8.5%), 1.8 million tonnes of tonnes of liquefied natural gas (-10.8%) and 7.8 million tonnes of other liquid loads (-8.7%).
With regard to goods only on landing, in the second quarter this year, containerized containers amounted to 19.0 million (-5.6%), rolling stock were 2.1 million tonnes tonnes (-18.9%), other miscellaneous goods at 991 thousand tonnes (-13.8%), solid bulks at 12.6 million tonnes (-24.9%) And 39.0 million tonnes (-4.5%). As for the goods at boarding, those in containers amounted to 17.7 million tonnes (-6.9%), the rolling stock at 2.8 million tonnes tonnes (-16.6%), other miscellaneous goods at 445 thousand tonnes (-1.1%), solid bulks at 1.4 million tonnes (-23.1%) and the 10.5 million tonnes (-4.2%).
In the entire first half of 2020, the Dutch port 218.9 million tonnes of cargo, with a down -9.1% in the first half of last year, 150.8 million tonnes at landing (-10.4%) and 68.2 million tonnes at boarding (-6.2%). Total container traffic 7,002,285 teu (-7.0%).
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