During the first four months of the year
Port traffic in the month of April decreases by 10% compared to the same month of the previous year.
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Los 46 ports of general interest of the State They moved 174.814.882 tons between January and April 2020, which represented a decrease of 6,2% in the accumulated amount for the year. This decrease, which could be misleading given that the port traffic of the first two months of the year was positive, it is more evident if we compare the months of April 2019 and 2020. In the month of April 2020, the month in which the state of alarm imposed as a consequence of the pandemic COVID-19, 4,9 million tons less have been moved than in April 2019, which has represented a decrease of 10%.
By way of presentation, the solid bulk decreases continue to accumulate, reaching 25,8 million tons in the four-month period, with an accumulated decrease of 17%. This decline is largely linked to the change in energy model that is being operated in the Spanish industry, which has discarded the use of fossil fuels, mainly coal, as a source of energy.
However, the liquid bulk have experienced a slight increase of 0,7% to exceed 60,3 million tons. This increase was mainly due to the increase in traffic such as natural gas (+36,8%) and chemical products (+22%).
La general merchandise, both conventional and transported in containers, has decreased by 10,9% and 4,6%, respectively, which has meant a total decrease of 6,4%, placing the movement in the market at 85 million tons. first quarter.
goods in transit, those whose final destination is third countries, and which represent 1/3 of the total handled in Spanish ports, have decreased by 1,4%, exceeding 50,1 million tons.
Similarly, the ro-ro traffic, industrial vehicles loaded with goods that are shipped to make certain journeys, has decreased by 12,5%, reaching 18,8 million tons.
Finally, the number of ships that passed through the Spanish ports In the first four months of the year it was 39.549 vessels, which represented a decrease of 19,7%.
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