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In August the traffic of the goods in the ports of Naples and Salerno have recorded increases of +4.4% and +3.4%
In the first eight months of 2021 the increases were respectively +8.2% and +10.6%
October 12, 2021
Last August the port of Naples alone enlivened a total of 1.55 million tons of cargo, with a growth of +4.4% on August 2020, of which 528 thousand tons of containerized cargo (+1.0%), 424 thousand tons of rolling stock (+3.7%), 481 thousand tons of liquid bulk (+5.3%) and 114 thousand tons of dry bulk (+22.3%). In the passenger sector, cruise traffic has marked a rise of +890.0% with over 31 thousand passengers, while that of scheduled maritime services has recorded an increase of +18.4% with 889 thousand passengers.
In August 2021 the port of Salerno alone handled 1.11 million tons of goods, with a progression of +3.4% on the same month last year, of which 702 thousand tons of rolling stock (-1.6%), 387 thousand tons of goods in container (+9.2%) and 25 thousand tons of solid bulk (+167.7%). Last August the airport Salerno port has recorded a traffic of over 4 thousand cruise passengers, activities that in August 2020 were stopped due to of the pandemic, and a traffic of 153 thousand passengers of the services of line (+18.9%).
In the first eight months of this year the only port of Naples has handled a total of 11.78 million tons of goods, with an increase of +8.2% on the corresponding period of 2020, of which 4,36 million tons of containerized cargoes (+2.2%), 3.05 million tons of rolling stock (+12.8%), 3.54 million tons of liquid bulk (+10.8%) and 839 thousand tons of solid bulk (+14.3%). In the passenger segment cruise passengers were 96 thousand (+2,968.6%) and passengers of scheduled services 2.81 million (+23.4%).
In the period January-August 2021 the only port of Salerno has enlivened 9,74 million tons of goods (+10.6%), of which 6.00 million tons of rolling stock (+7.6%), 3.47 million tons of goods in container (+10.9%) and 269 thousand tons of dry bulk (+159.2%). As for cruise traffic, stopped in the first eight months of 2020 due to the health crisis, this year it was almost 6 thousand people, while that of the scheduled passengers was 308 thousand people (+2.2%).
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Last August the port of Naples alone enlivened a total of 1.55 million tons of cargo, with a growth of +4.4% on August 2020, of which 528 thousand tons of containerized cargo (+1.0%), 424 thousand tons of rolling stock (+3.7%), 481 thousand tons of liquid bulk (+5.3%) and 114 thousand tons of dry bulk (+22.3%). In the passenger sector, cruise traffic has marked a rise of +890.0% with over 31 thousand passengers, while that of scheduled maritime services has recorded an increase of +18.4% with 889 thousand passengers.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
