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In the first quarter of 2022 the traffic in goods in the port of Barcelona increased by 8% percent thanks to liquid bulk bulk
Stable the dry bulk. Decline of containers
March 21, 2022
The Port Authority of Barcelona said that in the first quarter of this year the traffic in goods handled overall by the Catalan port airport increased by 8% percent compared to the same period in 2021, the Port of Barcelona said. attested to 11.3 million tons. The institution specified that it is the growth is largely due to the strong increase in liquid bulk bulk which amounted to 2.1 million tonnes (+ 69.3%), positive performance generated mainly by the remarkable increase in natural gas (+ 213%), of the biofuels (+ 155%) and gasoline (+ 85%). In particular, following the closure of the Maghreb Europe (Algeria-Cadiz) pipeline, the supply by sea of liquefied natural gas to the Spanish market has increased, and the sources of imports have also been diversified : thus, in the case of the plant in Barcelona, LNG has come from the USA, Central America and the Persian Gulf.
As for solid bulk traffic, in the first two months of 2022 the total handling was 666mila tonnes, the volume similar to that of the previous year. In the container sector, traffic amounted to 557,501 teu, with a drop of 6.3% percent which-the port agency specified-was mainly due to the decline recorded by transit traffic containerized (-12.4%). Export-filled containers were found to be decreasing by -3.7% percent, while imports of full containers increased by 4.9% percent.
Relative to the Spanish port's main trading partners, China continues to be the main customer of the port of Barcelona both in terms of import and exports, with a market share of 29% percent. They follow the United States with a share of 6% ; Turkey (5%), India (4.2%) and South Korea (3.3%).
In the first month of this year, intermodal transport units carried mainly by the services linking the port of Barcelona with several destinations in Italy and North Africa increased by 16% per cent to 63,501. In contrast, the trend of one of the sectors most affected by the pandemic is negative, with a traffic that in February of 2022 alone decreased by -27.5% with only 59mila vehicles handling vehicles.
In the first two months of the year the traffic of the cruises in the Catalan port, which in the corresponding period of 2021 was steadfast due to the restrictions for the pandemic, was 48mila passengers. In the ferry segment, a growth of +103,2% with 102mila passengers was marked.
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The Port Authority of Barcelona said that in the first quarter of this year the traffic in goods handled overall by the Catalan port airport increased by 8% percent compared to the same period in 2021, the Port of Barcelona said. attested to 11.3 million tons. The institution specified that it is the growth is largely due to the strong increase in liquid bulk bulk which amounted to 2.1 million tonnes (+ 69.3%), positive performance generated mainly by the remarkable increase in natural gas (+ 213%), of the biofuels (+ 155%) and gasoline (+ 85%). In particular, following the closure of the Maghreb Europe (Algeria-Cadiz) pipeline, the supply by sea of liquefied natural gas to the Spanish market has increased, and the sources of imports have also been diversified : thus, in the case of the plant in Barcelona, LNG has come from the USA, Central America and the Persian Gulf. 
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