Valenciaport grows by close to 10% in 2024. The data from the Statistical Bulletin of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV) regarding the accumulated traffic of January and February of this year reflect that the total number of containers that have entered and left the terminals Valencian containers have grown by 9.97% compared to the same period in 2023, reaching 784,095 TEUs, increasing traffic of both full containers (7.17%) and empty containers (20.31%). Calculated by weight, the volume of merchandise that passed through the Valencian terminals in this period reached 12,208,814 million tons, +6.33%.
The Bulletin breaks down the total traffic classified by sectors: iron and steel (+3.03%), non-metallic minerals (+19.42%), fertilizers (+28.53), chemicals (+4.42%), agri-food (+ 15.75%), vehicles and transportation (+1.79%). For its part, the bulletin reflects a decline in the energy sector (-21.92%) and construction materials (-3.91).
Passengers increased by 31.76%, adding 128,070 people who have entered and left Valencia, 89,394 of them on a regular line with the Balearic Islands and Algeria. Vehicle traffic decreases by -13.39% but the year-on-year figure remains up +3.07%.
Regarding rail transport, the number of containers transported by train grew by +2.71%. The Bulletin also reflects that ro-ro traffic (maritime roll-on cargo services) increases by +2.64%, while UTIs (container truck platforms or Intermodal Transport units) grow by +11.68% to reach 79,334 units.
The Statistical Bulletin of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), which also marks positively the interannual and monthly magnitudes calculated by their weight in tons: the interannual data (which compares the last 12 months with the previous 12 months) also reflects a growth in +0.67%, in the same way as the monthly one (which compares February 2023 with February 2024) with +6.11%.
2024-03-21 08:34:00
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