Turnover also increased by 4.1% and passenger traffic by 982% to 84,814 visitors, while container traffic decreased by 2%.
Euskaraz irakurri: Trafikoa % 4.4 hazi da Bilboko Portuan lehen seihilekoan
Tons of traffic from the Port of Bilbao has grown between January and June 4.4% compared to the same semester from 2021, to about 16 million tons (15,975,228), between exports and imports. Turnover increased by a further 4.1% and passenger traffic by 982% to 84,814 visitors.
The greatest growth is in liquid bulk14% and a million tons more, mainly due to the recovery of refinery production and the growth of natural gas imports, while containers decreased by 2%, mainly due to the decline in traffic, such as metallurgical and steel.
The chairman of the Port Authority emphasized this, Ricardo Barkaladuring the presentation of the balance sheet for the first half of 2022 of the port activity, where he also highlighted the increase in the traffic of conventional goods, 7% more, propelled by paper and pulp, machinery and construction materials.
Similarly, rolled goods (the goods that enter and leave the ship via a ramp and not through cranes) continue to show an upward trend and up to June it was up 29%. Brexit, the increased rotation of ships and the increase in their capacity are favoring the rise of road traffic, which will be valued more intensely in the second half of the year.
In turn, the amount of sales increased to 32.6 million between January and June compared to 31.3 million in the same period of 2021, representing a 4.1% increase in sales. Net bank debt at the end of the semester amounted to 8.8 million euros, 0.30 times EBITDA.
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Source: EITB
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