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In 2023, cargo traffic in Dutch ports is
decreased by -7.6% compared to the previous year, amounting to
574 million tonnes, with unloaded goods alone which, with 396 million tonnes,
million tonnes, fell by -8.6% while the reduction in the
of goods shipped was -5.1% as they were
178 million tonnes. Today, the Institute of Statistics
of the Netherlands has reported that last year all the
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types of cargo, in particular dry bulk imports
which, at 109.1 million tonnes, marked a decline
-17.1%, with coal recording the largest decline of
-32% as imports fell (from 8.5 million
tonnes in 2022 to 100 thousand tonnes in 2023), in particular
from Ukraine. Exports of dry bulk also declined
with 20.8 million tonnes (-1.0%) as well as
Imports and exports of liquid bulk
to 194.8 million tonnes (-3.5%) and 69.9 million tonnes, respectively
tonnes (-5.4%).
Lower volumes were handled in Dutch ports in 2023
of containerised cargo, which totalled 136.3 million
tonnes (-6.7%), of which 73.0 million tonnes (-4.6%) and 63.3 million tonnes
million at embarkation (-8.8%). The total container traffic in
20' box terms decreased by -6.9%.
Overall cargo volumes also declined
Ro-Ro with 25.4 million tonnes (-5.6%) and other miscellaneous goods
with 18.3 million tonnes (-8.5%).