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Barcelona up 32.2pc to 2.9 million TEU, transshipments soar 137pc
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THE Port of Barcelona container throughput soared 32.3 per cent year on year in 2017 to 2,968,757 TEU helping to make it the fastest growing port in Europe.
The huge factor in this was transshipment containers - up 137 per cent - which were those unloaded from one ship and put on another for final shipment.
Total traffic surpassed 61 million tonnes for the first time, recording a year-on-year increase of 26 per cent.
Containers for foreign trade also performed very well. Containerised import cargo stood at 561,103 TEU (+8.3 per cent) and export cargo (the most significant in volume terms, at 705,204 TEU) was up 2.6 per cent.
These figures also indicate a significant degree of recovery compared to pre-crisis levels. Reactivation of traffic in export containers had already begun in 2010, but it is worth noting that in 2017 Barcelona channelled 68 per cent more of this type of cargo than in 2007.
It is also very significant that last year the all-time record for import containers, which was established in 2007, was surpassed. Specifically, the Catalan port handles three per cent more import containerised cargo than 10 years ago.
China continues to be Barcelona's big trading partner, both in terms of imports (44.3 per cent of foreign trade containers unloaded in the Catalan facility come from the Asian giant), and exports (since it receives 11.6 per cent of the containers leaving the port).
The remaining trading partners of the Barcelona, and the type of products channelled, are highly diversified.
In 2017 liquid bulk transport also hit a record high at the port, with a total of 14.4 million tonnes mainly hydrocarbons marking an increase of 27 per cent year on year.
"We would point to the growth in specific products such as natural gas (+64 per cent), gasoline (+30 per cent) and chemicals (+23 per cent), said the press release.
In the case of dry bulk, with 4.4 million tonnes of goods handled, and an increase of one per cent, soya beans (+10 per cent) and cereals and meal (+13 per cent).
During 2017 the Port of Barcelona handled 837,273 vehicles, down 8.7 per cent year on year. It should be noted that Spanish vehicle production and exports also declined last year, which can be seen in the port's vehicle traffic results.
The huge factor in this was transshipment containers - up 137 per cent - which were those unloaded from one ship and put on another for final shipment.
Total traffic surpassed 61 million tonnes for the first time, recording a year-on-year increase of 26 per cent.
Containers for foreign trade also performed very well. Containerised import cargo stood at 561,103 TEU (+8.3 per cent) and export cargo (the most significant in volume terms, at 705,204 TEU) was up 2.6 per cent.
These figures also indicate a significant degree of recovery compared to pre-crisis levels. Reactivation of traffic in export containers had already begun in 2010, but it is worth noting that in 2017 Barcelona channelled 68 per cent more of this type of cargo than in 2007.
It is also very significant that last year the all-time record for import containers, which was established in 2007, was surpassed. Specifically, the Catalan port handles three per cent more import containerised cargo than 10 years ago.
China continues to be Barcelona's big trading partner, both in terms of imports (44.3 per cent of foreign trade containers unloaded in the Catalan facility come from the Asian giant), and exports (since it receives 11.6 per cent of the containers leaving the port).
The remaining trading partners of the Barcelona, and the type of products channelled, are highly diversified.
In 2017 liquid bulk transport also hit a record high at the port, with a total of 14.4 million tonnes mainly hydrocarbons marking an increase of 27 per cent year on year.
"We would point to the growth in specific products such as natural gas (+64 per cent), gasoline (+30 per cent) and chemicals (+23 per cent), said the press release.
In the case of dry bulk, with 4.4 million tonnes of goods handled, and an increase of one per cent, soya beans (+10 per cent) and cereals and meal (+13 per cent).
During 2017 the Port of Barcelona handled 837,273 vehicles, down 8.7 per cent year on year. It should be noted that Spanish vehicle production and exports also declined last year, which can be seen in the port's vehicle traffic results.