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Ports of Catalonia. Movements of vessels and goods

Ports of Catalonia. Movements of vessels and goods Catalonia
Movement of vessels Gross tonnage (thousands) Movement of goods (thousands of tons) General goods Wholesale solids Wholesale liquids Movement of containers (thousands of TEU)
2022 11,237 398,457 99,948 51,539 15,188 33,221 3,606
2021 10,424 311,913 97,627 50,582 13,560 33,486 3,586
2020 9,212 258,850 86,125 43,244 11,678 31,203 3,002
2019 11,711 395,000 99,728 47,680 14,702 37,345 3,373
2018 11,747 391,894 99,004 48,768 15,085 35,152 3,481
2017 11,808 378,959 94,994 43,530 14,941 36,523 3,032
2016 11,611 358,633 80,170 34,019 14,477 31,674 2,321
2015 10,974 373,128 80,439 32,130 13,934 34,375 2,055
2014 10,717 324,096 78,651 30,633 15,679 32,339 2,041
2013 10,618 302,228 70,256 29,622 12,097 28,537 1,868
2012 11,123 333,506 75,985 29,859 16,646 29,481 1,945
2011 11,534 303,696 77,238 32,516 15,259 29,463 2,261
2010 8,247 303,141 77,473 31,928 14,493 31,052 1,959
2009 8,807 288,041 74,064 29,191 14,782 30,091 1,984
2008 12,737 297,834 85,439 36,949 17,366 31,123 2,617
2007 13,443 285,961 90,229 39,202 19,408 31,618 2,657
2006 13,154 259,223 80,277 33,610 17,477 29,190 2,330
2005 12,485 235,755 78,636 29,921 18,267 30,448 2,080
2004 11,889 211,979 74,376 28,644 16,598 29,133 1,934
2003 12,135 196,128 66,144 22,516 15,534 28,094 1,709
2002 12,238 184,341 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 20,738 16,481 27,433 1,514
2001 11,899 166,521 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 19,492 14,909 26,543 1,450
2000 12,274 163,197 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 18,855 14,863 26,162 1,433
1999 12,235 149,478 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 16,711 15,213 24,005 1,284
1998 10,673 132,244 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 14,394 14,668 23,992 1,126
Source: Port de Barcelona. Port de Tarragona. Ports de la Generalitat. Puertos del Estado.
Notes:
Movement of goods: includes loaded and unloaded goods. Does not include food supplies, fishing or local movements.
TEU: twenty-foot equivalent unit.
Provisional data.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: November 15, 2023.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

General goods
Goods packaged in load units (sacks, crates, boxes, etc.) or units that can be counted.
Movement of vessels
Maritime journeys, depending on the nationality of the ports of origin and the destination they are called: exterior movement of vessels and coastal shipping.
Gross register tonnage (GRT)
Capacity of a vessel measured in Moorson tonnes, which are equivalent to 2.83 m3 of the decimal system, considering the loads, provisions and crew. From 1995 the measurement Gross tonnage (GT) was introduced to substitute it.

Methodological aspects

The autonomous ports of Barcelona and Tarragona provide, in their reports, statistics on the movements of boats, goods, containers, passengers and automobiles.

The Ports de la Generalitat company has responsibilities over the ports of Palamós, Vallcarca, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Sant Carles de la Ràpita and Alcanar. The total movement of all these ports is included under the name Generalitat ports.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".

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