The port of Barcelona collects masses of new records of traffic



In the first three months of the 2018 port of Barcelona it has established the own new record of traffic of the goods enlivened in the first trimester of the year having had totaled 16,2 million tons, with an increment of +17.7% regarding the first trimester of 2017 when the precedence was marked record of 13,8 million tons. The new record is reached thanks to absolute the quarterly record of the traffic of the liquid bulk and to the records of the containerized traffics of enlivened conventional goods and goods in the first trimester of the year.

The historical peak of the liquid bulk traffic enlivened in the first trimester of this year has been almost 4,1 million tons, advanced volume to the precedence record than less 4,0 million tons obtained in the third trimester of the 2017 and advanced one of +15.9% regarding the first trimester of 2017. The new historical record of the liquid bulk is achieved thanks to the maximum peak of hydrocarbon traffic never recorded, that it has been pairs than more 3,4 million tons, with a progression of +17.7% on the first trimester the 2017 (precedence record was marked in third trimester 2017 with than less 3,2 million tons).

The new containerized record of the goods relative to the first trimester of the year, that he is such is in terms of weight is in terms of enlivened containers from 20 ', is of beyond 8,2 million tons and 786,261 teu, with increases respective of +22.0% and +18.1% on the precedence records reached in the first trimester of 2017. The quota container traffic in transit has been pairs to 312.990 teu (+45.1%) and that to the disembarkation/boarding of 473.271 teu (+5.2%), with an international traffic of export that is attests to 190.488 teu (+9.6%) and an international traffic of import pairs to 135.724 teu (+7.0%).

The new conventional record of the goods has turned out of 2,7 million tons, with a rise of +4.3% record of on the previous 2,6 million tons of the first trimester of 2017.

In the first three months of the 2018 Catalan port it has established also the own new record of passengers enlivened in the first trimester of the year having totaled 502 thousand people, with an increase of +26.5% on the first trimester of the 2017 (precedence record was of first trimester 2016). The peak is such is in terms of enlivened crocieristi, that +33.0% have been 300 thousand (), are in terms of passengers of the ferries, gone up to 203 thousand people (+18.0%), advanced figures to the precedence record for the first obtained trimester of the year in the first three months of 2016.

To the nourished series of record that recorded absolute salary in the month of freedom of expression of 2018 with a total of 5,70 million enlivened tons of goods joins, with an increase of +10.6% on March a 2017 and increment of +0.1% compared to the previous record absolute salary of 5,69 million tons obtained in July 2017.

The new peak historical salary is obtained thanks to the new relative records to the single freedom of expression marked in the fields of the liquid bulk (1,45 million tons, +16.0% on March 2017) and of the goods containerized (2,84 million tons and 271,762 teu, +16.0% and +12.7% on March 2017). The goods conventional is piled to 1,02 million tons (- 1.9%) and the bulk sand banks to 381 thousand tons (- 5.9%).

Last month the new relative record of passengers to freedom of expression with a total of 212 thousand is obtained also people (+20.4%), peak that is such is relatively to the crocieristi, that +16.0% have been 117 thousand (), are relatively to the passengers of the ferries, than units (+26.4% have been attested to 95 thousand). The precedence record was marked in March 2016.