Car traffic in the port of Sagunto increases by 25,67 percent until October

Maintains positive figures

Steel products also maintain a positive trend with an increase of 10,58% in the January-October period.

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El port of sagunto maintains positive figures at the end of October. Discounting natural gas traffic, the facility has channeled 4.158.041 tons until the tenth month of the year, a figure that represents an advance of 14,36% compared to the same period in 2017. However, once we add the data on this merchandise (155.666 tons) the total traffic of the enclave rises to 4.326.810 tons; a figure that is 11,30% lower than that of the same period of the previous year.

 

Likewise, in the positive field, the car traffic. Specifically, in the January-October period the port of Sagunto has manipulated 259.312 vehicles, 25,67% more than the previous year. The containersFor their part, they also maintain the upward trend with a growth of 2,09% and a movement of 44.519 TEUs.

 

With regards to non-containerized general merchandiseUntil the month of October, an increase of 26,17% has been recorded with a total of 3.046.387 tons. This progress is mainly based on the good performance of merchandise such as steel products, which, with 2,09 million tons, increased by 10,52%; and automobiles and their parts, which, with 448.000 tons, grew by 21,98%. The containerized general merchandise, on the contrary, decreased by 0,98% with a total movement of 403.166 tons.

 

El statistical bulletin of the Port Authority of Valencia the downward trend of the bulk at the port of sagunto. Specifically, solid bulk fell by 8,37% with a total of 544.295 tons due, fundamentally, to the behavior of natural and artificial fertilizers which, with 317.000 tons, decreased by 10,46%. Likewise, the liquid bulk They decreased by 77,96% to 319.859 tons, encouraged by the trend in natural gas traffic, which accumulated a decrease of 87,35%, with a total movement of 155.666 tons.

 

Port Authority of Valencia Data

 

Valenciaport has managed in the last twelve months (between last October and November of the previous year) 5.044.270 TEUs - a unit equivalent to 6,1 meter boxes -, a figure that is 4,78% higher than that obtained in the same period of 2017. With this data, Valenciaport reaches a historic milestone in the Spanish port system and in the Mediterranean traffic.

 

Specifically, in year-on-year terms, full containers increased by 2,94%, with 3.867.734 TEUs, mainly due to the good records of imports, which grew by 10,54%, and transit, which registered an increase of 2,48%. On the contrary, the export of full containers maintains the downward trend and decreases by 1,41% in the last twelve months.

 

To achieve the milestone of 5 million containers, the behavior of traffic during the month of October has been essential. Specifically, in this month alone, the container terminals of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV) moved in operations import / export and transit 472.403 TEUs. This amount is 11,15% higher than that recorded in the same month of the previous year.

 

 

The five countries that have channeled the greatest volume of merchandise through Valenciaport until the month of October have been: Spain, the United States, China, Italy and Turkey.

 

 

 

 

With the 5.044.270 containers managed in the last twelve months, Valenciaport reinforces its centrality and its reference in the Mediterranean basin as a bridge port for traffic between Asia, Europe and America.

 

January-October 2018 data

 

Regarding the data accumulated until the end of the tenth month of the year, the evolution of the traffic of containers is positive with an increase of 5,23% and a total of 4.268.363 TEUs. In this period, full containers increased by 3,11% due to the good records of the imports that grow by 10,26% and traffic that advances by 3%. For their part, the container exports full They maintain the negative trend with a decline of 1,90% while empty container traffic increases by 12,83%.

 

Regarding total traffic, the three ports managed by the PAV (Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia) have channeled a total of 62.387.755 tons, a figure that represents an increase of 1,14% compared to the same period in 2017. All merchandise maintains a positive evolution except for liquid bulk, which continues to decline. Also, the foreign trade of general merchandise it advances by 2,85% to a total of 20.114.184 tons. Specifically, imports increase by 13,19% to a total of 8.041.173 tons due to the good performance of countries such as China (+ 6,62%), Italy (+ 24,76%), Türkiye (+28,90%) and United States (+0,60%). On the contrary, exports decreased by 3,04% to 12.073.011 tons. However, some countries such as Italy (+15,21%) and United States (+18,80%) maintain the positive trend.

 

Data by merchandise

 

Non-containerized general merchandise closed the tenth month of the year with a total traffic of 10.899.059 tons, 11,80% more than the previous year. This increase is due to the good results obtained by merchandise such as steel products, which, with 2,13 million tons, increased by 10,88%; and automobiles and their parts, which, with 1,47 million tons, grew by 13,69%. By units, traffic cars has experienced an increase of 4,32% with a total movement of 683.293 vehicles. Along these same lines, ro-ro traffic has increased by 11,69% to a total of 8,69 million tons.

 

Based on the data from the statistical bulletin, the mgeneral merchandise in container, With 47.621.347 tons, it experienced an increase of 1,16%. In this section, the evolution of traffic such as other merchandise stands out, with a movement of 3,94 million tons and an advance of 5,41%; chemical products, with a movement of 1,70 million tons and an increase of 7,11%; and machinery, tools and spare parts, with a movement of 1,07 million tons and an increase of 10,63%. On the contrary, manufactured construction materials decreased by 6,46% to a total of 4,42 million tons.

 

At the end of October, the solid bulk They accumulate a total traffic of 2.030.372 tons, a figure that represents an increase of 6,38%. This increase is due to the good records of cereals and their flours, which, with 1,10 million tons, grow by 21,24%. For its part, liquid bulks maintain the decreasing trend at the end of October. Specifically, until the tenth month of the year, these merchandise accumulated a decrease of 38,41% and a total movement of 1.652.885 tons. By merchandise, the products stand out chemical, with a movement of 289.000 tons and a decrease of 0,12%; he diesel fuel, with a movement of 236.000 tons and a decrease of 22,47%; he fuel oil, with a movement of 159.000 tons and a decline of 2,67%; and the gas natural, with a movement of 156.000 tons and a decrease of 87,35%.

 

 

Traffic by countries and geographic areas

 

The five countries that have channeled the greatest volume of merchandise through Valenciaport Until the month of October they have been: Spain, with 7,6 million tons and an increase of 4,13%; United States, with 5,38 million tons and an increase of 26,70%; China, with 5,35 million tons and a decline of 9,77%; Italy, with 4,87 million tons and an advance of 22,62%; and Türkiye, with 3,42 million tons and an advance of 15,43%. By geographical areas, the area of ​​the Mediterranean and Black Sea, with a total of 17,59 million tons and a growth of 13,06%; and that of Far Easte, with a total of 8,01 million tons and a decrease of 9,38%.