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April 29, 2011
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- In the port of La Spezia increase the cargo, but the bulk fall
- In the first three months of 2011 traffic was broadly stable (+0.8%)
 In the first quarter of this year the traffic of goods in the port of La Spezia has increased slightly since amounted to 4,206,809 tonnes, up 0.8% from 4,172,267 tonnes in the same period in 2010.
- In the area of cargo were handled 3,506,217 tonnes (+15.3%), of which 3,384,598 tons of containerized cargo (+15.3%) and 121,619 tonnes of conventional cargo (+14.6%). The container traffic counted in 20-foot container (TEU) amounted to 319,286 TEU (+15.4%), including 245,708 full TEUs (+10.6%) and 73,579 empty teu (+34.7%). The containers were filled in export and import 137,657 TEUs 108,051 TEUs. Traffic
- in the terminals was 263,566 TEUs at the La Spezia Container Terminal (+19.7%), of 32,298 TEUs at Terminal del Golfo (-13.6%) and the terminal Speter 23,422 teu (+21.9%).
- In fall, however, the bulk. The liquid cargo totaled 503,821 tons, with an overall decrease of 9% - said the Port Authority - is due to a decrease in movement of refined products and liquid gas for industrial energy purposes.In detail, refined products were 122,096 tons (-21.6%) and 370,282 tonnes LPG (-5%).
- The dry bulk cargo totaled 196,771 tons, a decrease of 65.9% mainly caused by the decline of the coal handling Enel landed with only 138,000 tonnes (-72.5%).
- The port authority has stressed that break, "despite a general framework in which uncertainties still persist on the world economy that affect trade, the port of La Spezia is also confirmed for the first half of the total volume of container traffic decidedly positive. This is even more worrying in view of the geo political context that affects several months in North Africa, the market has always been very important for the port of La Spezia, in particular Libya, which is extremely critical and still evolving, with implications on the maritime trade '.
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