First half year export growth for Barcelona

In real terms that growth represents 276,283 teu, and June especially helped to boost the overall figures with year-on-year growth of 14%.

Imports grew 5% in June despite a 2% overall decrease during the first six months of the year. The total volume of containers handled in the port during the first six months of the year was 828,169 teu, representing a decrease of 3% mainly due to a 42% drop in container transhipments.

The figures for vehicles’ traffic were noteworthy with a total of 364,217 units, an increase of 6% on the previous year. Vehicle transhipments have grown by 50% compared to 2012.