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Maritime transport. Freight traffic. By types

Maritime transport. Freight traffic. By types Catalonia. 2012
Value Variation (%)
Barcelona
Total freight 41,487.4 -3.0
Liquid bulk 10,431.5 -2.4
Solid bulk 4,685.7 32.4
General goods 26,370.2 -7.6
Freight containers in TEUs (thousands) (1) 1,756.4 -12.8
Tarragona
Total freight 33,072.0 4.2
Liquid bulk 19,049.5 1.7
Solid bulk 10,888.8 17.3
General goods 3,133.7 -16.1
Freight containers in TEUs (thousands) (1) 188.9 -16.3
Total freight 74,559.5 0.0
Total containers in TEUs (thousands) (1) 1,945.3 -13.1
Units: Thousands of tons.
Source: Ministry of Public Works. State Ports.
(1) TEU: 20 foot equivalent unit.
Maritime transport. Freight traffic. By types Spain. 2012
Value Variation (%)
Total freight 461,056.3 4.1
Liquid bulk 153,377.1 2.0
Solid bulk 88,583.7 11.7
General goods 219,095.5 2.8
Total containers in TEUs (thousands) (1) 14,084.8 1.4
Units: Thousands of tons.
Source: Ministry of Public Works. State Ports.
(1) TEU: 20 foot equivalent unit.

Last update: February 20, 2013.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

General goods
Goods packaged in load units (sacks, crates, boxes, etc.) or units that can be counted.
Gross liquid goods
Liquids not packaged in load units, such as liquid gases, oils, chemical products, etc.
Gross solid goods
Goods transported without being packaged as units.
Coastal shipping
Maritime journeys in which the entry or departure of vessels is in Spanish ports.
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.
Exterior movement of vessels
Maritime journeys in which the entry or departure of vessels is in foreign ports.

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 "..".