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The port of Valencia closes 2020 with a new historical record of quarterly container traffic
In the whole year, 5.4 million teu (-0.2%) were moveded
January 28, 2021
The new record was achieved thanks to the new peak history of quarterly containerized traffic that was 17.9 million tonnes (+23.2% on the fourth quarter of 2019) with record container handling of almost 1.5 million (+14.9%). On the other hand, traffic volumes were declining moveded in the other product segments. Goods totalled more than 3.3 million tons (-5.8%), liquid bulk 645 thousand tons (-15.1%) And dry bulk 478,000 tons (-20.7%).
Throughout 2020, the Spanish port system a total of 80.9 million tonnes, with a decrease in the -0.2% on the previous year. Containerized traffic has reached its new historical record in terms of load weight eventful: the total was in fact 63.3 million tonnes (+4.0%), a record that is not such in terms of 20' containers moveded, having been equal to 5.4 million slight decrease of -0.2% compared to the 2019 record, variation which, however, may also be of a different sign once the 2020 figure becomes final. Goods amounted to 12.7 million tonnes (-12.6%), liquid bulk at 2.7 million tonnes (-14.3%) And solid bulk at 1.9 million tonnes (-15.1%). The car handling decreased by -26.2% to 533,000 Vehicles. In the passenger sector, cruise ship traffic is 26,000 units (-94.0%) and that of the passengers of the ferries of 393,000 units (-42.0%).
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