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|Port of Ghent among strongest rising European seaports in first quarter of 2010 |
|Port of Ghent figures second in the ranking of all European seaports concerning the increase of seaborne cargo traffic in the first |
|quarter of 2010. This becomes clear from the figures issued by the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) at its annual conference, |
|which took place on May 27 and 28, 2010 in Helsinki (Finland). |
|For the first quarter of 2010 Ghent recorded a seaborne cargo traffic of 6 million tonnes, an increase by 24% as against 2009 (+1.16 |
|million tonnes). In 2009 this transhipment still amounted to 4.88 million tonnes, which represented a decrease by 25% then as compared |
|to the peak year 2008 (6.5 million tonnes). |
|In terms of percentage, Ghent ranks second as for the revival of the maritime goods traffic among the European seaports, after Zeebrugge|
|and before La Spezia and Bremen among others. On average, the growth percentage for all European seaports barely amounted to 0.8%. In |
|tonnages, Ghent takes up the 21st place out of 49 European seaports. In 2008 and 2009 Ghent still ranked 27th. |
|In this way, port of Ghent confirms its stability as a medium-sized European seaport. |
|More information: Port of Ghent. |
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