Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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Despite the sharp increase in containers, freight traffic in French ports fell by -4.8% in the first quarter
A total of 68 million tonnes were moveded
June 16, 2021
In the miscellaneous goods segment alone, total traffic is 27.23 million tonnes (+2.9%), of which 12.8 million tonnes were tonnes of containerised goods (+24.4%) totaled with a container handling of 1.31 million teu (+25.6%) and 12.98 million tonnes of rolling stock (-9.4%). Liquid bulk fell by -11.1% to 26.42 million tonnes and in decrease also found in dry bulk with 14.41 million (-6.0%).
In the first quarter of 2021, the largest volumes of traffic were moved from the port of Le Havre, which has 20.49 million tonnes (+1.6%), from the port of Marseille with 18.68 million tons (+5.7%) and from the port of Dunkirk with 11.65 million tonnes (-2.7%).
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