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In 2021 the Albanian ports marked the new historical record of freight traffic
Handling more than 4.8 million tonnes (+ 13.2%)
February 21, 2022
In 2021 Albanian ports recorded the new historic record of annual freight traffic, having handled 4.84 million tonnes of cargo, volume representing an increase of 13.2% percent on 2020, a rise of 8.6% percent compared to the last year. pre-pandemic year of 2019 and an increase of 134mila tons compared to the previous historic peak established in 2008.
In the only last quarter of last year, after four consecutive quarters of growth, the traffic of goods handled by Albania's port shales marked a decrease of -1.7% percent over the same period of 2020 being admonished to 1.16 millions of tons, volume representing a 12.0% percent progression in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Last year, passenger traffic in domestic ports was 863mila, as it represents an increase of +127,6 percent on 2020 and is still much less than the pre-pandemic figure of 1.57 million passengers in 2019. In the only fourth quarter of 2021, passengers were 141mila, with a growth of 67.8% percent on the October-December period of the previous year.
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