The traffic of ships to increase 619%s
The traffic of ships to increase 6.19% in April, 4.4% in the Balearic Islands.
Madrid / Palma, June 8 .- The traffic of ships through the 46 ports of general interest of the State amounted to 37 698 units in the first quarter of the year, representing an increase of 6.19% over the same period of 2009, increased in the Balearics was 4.38%, with 2314 ships.
With regard to the weight of the boats in, tera gold, the same period climbed 2.1% to over 514 million tons, according to data from Puertos del Estado.
On the seafront, the north, which includes the ports of Pasajes, Bilbao, Santander, Gijon and Aviles, 2499 posted vessels (17.3% more) and the maritime de Galicia (Ferrol-San Cibrao, A Coruna, Vilagarcia of Arousa, Marin and Ria de Pontevedra and Vigo) counted 1931 vessels, with an increase of, sto credits, 5%.
The South Atlantic seaboard (Huelva, Bahia de Cadiz and Seville) 1394 most ships (1.5% less), the surmediterranea (Bay of Algeciras, Malaga, Motril, Almeria, Ceuta and Melilla) responded to 13 513 vessels (2.4 % more) and of Catalonia and Levante maritima (Cartagena, Alicante, Valencia, Castellon, Tarragona and Barcelona) counted 6842 vessels (2.3% more).
For the ports of the Balearic coastline in 2314 transiting vessels, ffxiv gil, with an increase of 4.4%, and the coastline of the Canary Islands (La Luz, Arrecife, Puerto del Rosario, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, The Stake, Los Cristianos, San Sebastian de La Gomera, and Santa Cruz de La Palma) 9205 ships (14.9% more).
State Ports notes that the Transport Infrastructure Plan has created 30.7 km of new piers in the last 6 years.
The increased number of vessels and their size has been matched with the commissioning, between April 2004 and December 2009, of 30.6 km of new line of docking, 836 Ha.de warm water surface, and 710 hectares of land area to meet the storage of goods.
The following table provides data on the number of vessels accumulated between January and April 2009 and 2010 and the difference in percentage of the boats managed by the port authorities of the State.
Puerto January-April 2009 January-April 2010% VAR ————————————— ———————– 447 470 5.15 La Coruna Alicante Almeria 348 269 503 460 -22.70 -8.55 34.38 224 301 Aviles Algeciras Cadiz 7750 8092 554 480 4.41 2217 2314 4.38 -13.36 Baleares Barcelona Bilbao 2527 969 2409 -4.67 9.08 1057 9.41 425 465 Cartagena Castellon Ceuta 21.05 4019 361 437 4005 -0, 35 345 399 15.65 Ferrol Gijon Huelva 305 346 456 501 13.44 9.87 3582 4.98 3412 Las Palmas Malaga Marin 484 505 258 311 20.54 4.34Melilla Motril -3.83 339 326 103 125 266 355 33.46 21.36 Pasajes S. Cruz Tenerife Santander 4600 5623 366 440 22.24 406 413 20.22 -1.72 Sevilla Tarragona Valencia 2143 18.76 1051 885 2211 3 Vigo 29 699 676 91 75 -17.58 -3.29 ———————————– Vilagarcia 6.19 37 698 35 502 TOTAL ——————————