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Third consecutive quarterly decline in container traffic in the port of Antwerp
In the first three months of 2022 the total of cargo handled has recorded a decrease of -1.5%
April 20, 2022
In the container sector alone, traffic amounted to 31.3 million tons, with a reduction of -13.3% on the first quarter of 2021, traffic that was realized with a handling of containers equal to over 2.7 million teu (-11,6%). The Port Authority of Antwerp explained that if in 2021 container traffic remained stable, in the the first three months of 2022 the effect of the dysfunctions of containerized maritime traffic, of the high volumes of imported containers that are imposing considerable operational challenges by making it more difficult to operate container terminal. Added to this are the impacts of the conflict in Ukraine and the consequent sanctions imposed on the Russia.
On the other hand, the other various goods with rolling stock are growing increased by +2.4% to 1.3 million tons and goods conventional that, as in many other world ports, have marked a much more accentuated rise having stood at almost 3.0 million tons (+49.1%). The Belgian Port Authority has specified that steel traffic, which represents the share preponderant of the latter type of goods, continues to be supported on the export side, while the sanctions that give mid-March ban the import of steel from Russia and from Belarus have only a limited effect on the volume of traffic also because these flows are replaced by imports from other nations.
Liquid bulk also increased with 18.9 million tons (+15.3%) as well as dry bulk with 3.8 million tons (+11.0%).
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In the container sector alone, traffic amounted to 31.3 million tons, with a reduction of -13.3% on the first quarter of 2021, traffic that was realized with a handling of containers equal to over 2.7 million teu (-11,6%). The Port Authority of Antwerp explained that if in 2021 container traffic remained stable, in the the first three months of 2022 the effect of the dysfunctions of containerized maritime traffic, of the high volumes of imported containers that are imposing considerable operational challenges by making it more difficult to operate container terminal. Added to this are the impacts of the conflict in Ukraine and the consequent sanctions imposed on the Russia.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
