European port activity in 2009 hit by the general economic crisis

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-EUROSTAT
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Transport   Author: Giuliano AMERINI

  

  S t a t i s t i c s i n F o c u s   65/2010

  European port activity in 2009 hit by the general economic crisis Freight handling in EU ports fell by more than 12% in 2009 (-0.5% in 2008), after almost a decade of continuous growth. The downturn coincided with the onset of the global financial crisis: after a slowdown in the 3 rd quarter 2008, substantial falls were registered in all the following quarters (notably -16% in the 2 nd quarter 2009). In 2009, the total weight of goods handled in In 2009, more than 60% of EU-27 seaborne goods EU-27 maritime ports is estimated at 3.4 billion transport concerned an extra-EU-27 partner port.   tonnes, the same level as in 2003.   Of these, 62%  International intra-EU-27 transport represented 25% were goods unloaded (64% in 2008).   and national transport 11%. At 501 million tonnes, the United Kingdom had the The number of passengers passing through EU-27 highest share (15%) of goods handled in EU-27 ports in 2009 is estimated at 403 million (2.3% ports, followed by Italy and the Netherlands. down compared with 2008). There was no ifican In 2009, liquid bulk goods (which include sign t difference between the numbers of petroleum products) accounted for 42%  of the total  passengers embarking  n a s nd disembarking, due  n to d   s t   h t e o     cargo handled in EU-27 ports, followed by dry bulk  t f h a e ct t m h a a i t n     m na o t s i t o   n of a   l t   h a i n s  d t   r i a ntra p - o E rt U  a -2 ct 7 ivity correspo   (23%) and containers (18%).   ferry connections. n o Rotterdam, Antwerpen and Hamburg – all located The number of ves u s t  e 5 l c   a c ll o s at EU maiprts showed  on the North Sea coast – maintained their a decrease of abo%mpared to 2008   . Ho w w t e h  v o e f r   ,  positions as the three largest EU ports in terms of  in terms of gross tonnage of the vessels, a gro n both gross weight of goods and volume of containers s a i b z o e u   t o   f 3 v % e   s w s a e s l   s r   e o c p or e d ra e t d i . n T g h i is n     r E ef U l   e p ct o s r   t t s h .   e increasi g handled. Figure 1: Gross weight of seaborne goods handled in all ports (in million tonnes) 4 000 3 500

-12.4%

3 000 Quarterly results for 2008 and 2009 in EU-27 m ain ports: grow th rate on the sam e quarter of the previous year (%) 3% 2 500 0% -3% -6% 2 000 -9% -12% -15% 1 500 -18% Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2008 2009 1 000 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 EU-27 EU-15 Source : Eurostat (online data codes: mar_mg_aa_cwh and mar_go_qm )