Coal, the cargo with more growth in 2010.

Coal, the cargo with more growth in 2010.

The Herald By Jorge Montaño - Photo by Jairo Buitrago.
06/10/2010

The stability in the access channel to the port of Barranquilla, with excellent depth for vessels, has become a great allied for the Regional Port Societies in the city.

Precisely, the Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Barranquilla achieved growth of the 27.9% in the first nine months of the year.

The Commercial Manager of the SPR of Barranquilla, Enrique Carvajales said that the great depths of the access channel have played this year in favor of the cargo. This is because the winter has increased the flow of the river Magdalena.

The cargo with fastest growing is the coal: 105.3%, achieving mobilize 511,101 tons Vs 248,995 the previous year, which are 262,106 additional tons.

Carvajales said that the Sept. 29 sailed from this maritime terminal, the ship that more had loaded, 31.546 tons of coke, a special coal.-  Took it the MV Cristina L, of Carbocoque.

The largest movement of the mineral is due to growths that have begun to have the countries that demanding this raw material to generate energy or other activities such as steel production.

It is a response to growing global demand for coal and coke, punctuated by good prices in the market.

The containerized cargo, is the second sector with more rises this year: 25.4%, with 186,049 tons more.- It went from 732,172 in 2009 to 918,221 containers in the 2010.

The bulk solid had has an increase of 19% and the general cargo has grown 8.6%.

In nine months of the year, the SPR of Barranquilla has mobilized 3,069,453 tons front 2.399.000 tons the previous year.

"On having had the navigable channel good depth have come new shipping lines offering larger vessels. This ends up being the base for a better service and a greater movement", said Carvajales.
(Free translation to English By LBH COLOMBIA.)