In 2017, the Port of Tarragona has grow 7.8% in traffic and almost 10% in net turnover

GENERAL BULK BY YEAR  

If we look at specific types of traffic, of particular note in bulk liquids is crude (9.5 Mt) with a growth of 12.5%; other petroleum products (10.7 Mt) with an increase of 6.2%; and chemical products and fertilizers (1.7 Mt), up 4.2%.

In terms of solid bulks, of particular note is common salt (0.45 Mt), which increased by 136.7% over 2016, and coal (3,7 Mt), which was up 8.3%.

In the case of cereals, feed and flour, however, there was a decrease of 4.4% (4,550 Mt). General cargo saw a fall in containerised merchandise (-28.9%), but an increase in non-containerised cargo (+28%).

COMMON SALT

The end-of-year data also indicates that the policy of traffic diversification begun several years ago by the Port of Tarragona continues to show very good results. The main traffic types are paper and paper pulp (585,033 t) with an increase of 42.6%; vehicles (200,209 units), up 30,7%; and live animals, which also saw a considerable increase (+28%) if we count heads (344,438) and even more in tons (61,925 t), an increase of 68.2%.

Another traffic type with very positive results is that of passengers. With 37 cruise ship stopovers and more than 51,000 passengers, the increase in 2017 was 68.2% and 282.3% respectively.