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The Port of Marin established in 2010 an upward trend in overall traffic by getting a growth of 17,54%, which means that the Port of Marin is at the top of the Spanish port system.
2010 have turned into a very positive year because of this figures, the development of new quality actions related to the services offered to our clients and the update of the infrastructures.
In 2010,1.978.891 tons were loaded or unloaded within the Port, and the balance between solid bulk (960.542 tons) and general cargo (978.055 tons) was kept. The growth of the solid bulk has been 9,17% and the growth of the general cargo has been 28,34%.
Traffic tonnage over the last decade (in thousand of tons):
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | | Tons | 1.684 | 1.906 | 2.006 | 1.765 | 1.710 | 1.937 | 1.834 | 1.965 | 1.673 | 1.684 | 1.979 |
Concerning general cargo, 386.000 tons of paper pulp were moved in 2010, wood reached 181.00 tons and siderugical reached 100.000 tons. As far as fruit is concern, 62.000 tons were moved.
48.685 TEUS and 405.518 tons of good were loaded or unloaded in the new container terminal, which means an increase of 45,41% and 59,14%.
Regarding frozen fish, the Port of Marin is an important centre of cold storage with and overall capacity of 230.000 cubic meters. In 2010, 142.000 tons of frozen fish were unloaded in Marin. As far as fresh fish is concern, 2.441.148 kilos were sold at the fish market. This represents 6 million euros.
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