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In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic in French ports returned to growth
Strong increase in container loads
September 21, 2021
Leading the recovery was the miscellaneous goods sector which closed the second quarter of 2021 with a total of 28.2 million tons, with a significant growth of +24.1% on the same period last year, of which 12.5 million tons of goods in container (+40.6%) made with a handling of containers pairs to 1,26 million teu (+27.1%) and 15,4 million of teu tons of rolling stock (+11.5%). Bulk also increased (+4.1%) solid with 13.8 million tons, while liquid bulk decreased by -6.4% to 26.9 million tons.
Among the main French ports by volume of traffic, in the second quarter of 2021 the port of Marseille-Fos has enlivened 19,6 million tons of goods (+20.5%), the port of Le Havre 19,2 million tons (+12.9%), the port of Dunkirk 12,4 million tons (+16.5%), the port of Calais 9.9 million tons (+9.5%) and the port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire 4.2 million tons (-46.7%).
In the first half of this year the French port has handled a total of 137.2 million tons of cargo, with a slight increase of +0.5% on the first half of 2020, of which 25,3 million tons of containerized goods (+31.5%) totalled with a container handling of 2.56 million of teu (+26.0%), 28.2 million tons of ro-ro cargoes (+0.8%), 28.2 million tons of dry bulk (-1.6%) and 53.4 million tons of liquid bulk (-8.8%).
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Leading the recovery was the miscellaneous goods sector which closed the second quarter of 2021 with a total of 28.2 million tons, with a significant growth of +24.1% on the same period last year, of which 12.5 million tons of goods in container (+40.6%) made with a handling of containers pairs to 1,26 million teu (+27.1%) and 15,4 million of teu tons of rolling stock (+11.5%). Bulk also increased (+4.1%) solid with 13.8 million tons, while liquid bulk decreased by -6.4% to 26.9 million tons.
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