Freight traffic in the ports of the Southern Adriatic system decreased by -11.2% in the third quarter

In total, miscellaneous goods amounted to 1.57 million tonnes (-17.0%), of which 1.40 million tonnes of ro-ro (-14.3%), 139 thousand tons of goods in containers (-25.0%) And 29,000 tons of other miscellaneous goods (-59.0%). In the field of solid bulk, the total was 1.40 million tonnes (-10.8%), including 574,000 tonnes of cereals (+8.4%), 468,000 tons of coals (-24.1%), 105,000 tons of minerals, cements and kicks (-53.5%), 84 thousand tons of food, feed and oilseeds (+1.3%), 77,000 tons of chemicals (+17.6%), 56,000 tons of chemicals metallurgical (+216.6%) and 41,000 tons of other dry bulk (+10.6%). The traffic in liquid bulk was 746,000 tons (+3.4%), of which 469,000 tons of oil crude oil (+17.8%), 139,000 tons of petroleum products refined (-17.3%) and 139,000 tons of other loads (-7.3%).

In the third quarter of 2020, passenger traffic in the ports of the Southern Adriatic was 251,000 people in the ferry segment (-72.7%) and 3,000 cruises (-99,1%).

In the third quarter of this year, the port of Bari alone 1.49 million tonnes of goods, with a decrease in the number of -7.5%. The miscellaneous goods totalled 978,000 tons (-19.2%), of which 833,000 rolling stock (-17.8%), 140,000 loads containerized (-25.0%) and 5,000 tons of other miscellaneous goods. The solid bulk amounted to 513,000 tonnes (+27.6%), of which most consist of cereals (482,000 tons, +25.4%) And chemicals (26,000 tons, +46.2%).

The port of Brindisi alone has moved 1.78 million tonnes of goods (-16.3%). The various goods have been 575,000 tons (-15.5%), of which 54,000 tons of rolling stock (-8,7%) and 51,000 tons of conventional goods (-93.8%). The total volume of solid bulk was 627,000 tonnes (-33.5%), including 468,000 tonnes of coal (-24.1%), 66,000 tons of food, feed and oilseeds (-7.5%), 47,000 tons of metallurgical products (+247.2%), 15,000 tons of cereals (-53.3%), 6,000 tons of chemicals (-46.7%) and 26,000 tons of other dry bulk (-28,6%). Liquid bulk amounted to 576,000 tonnes (+14.9%), of which 386,000 tons of petroleum products refined (+27.6%), 139,000 tons of petroleum products gaseous, liquefied or compressed and natural gas (-17.3%) and 51,000 tonnes of other liquid loads (+66.0%).

In the first nine months of 2020, the ports administered by the The South Adriatic Sea moved a total of 10.47 million tons of goods, with a decrease of -8.0% on the period January-September last year, of which 7.77 million landing (-6.2%) and 2.70 million on boarding (-12.6%). The only port of Bari moveded 4.24 million tonnes (-7.1%), including 3.93 million on landing (-4.6%) and 1.31 million at boarding (-12,1%). Traffic in the port of Brindisi alone was 4.97 million tonnes (-9.0%), of which 3.79 million tonnes were landed (-8,0%) and 1.18 million tonnes on boarding (-12.1%).