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The Port of Marin is characterised by the equal balance of the types of goods it handles.
General merchandise has been increased, and now it is 50% overall anual traffic.
In 2006 the overall traffic reached 1.837.443 tons. The higest growth was due to the new containter terminal, with 37.425 TEUS and 317.242 tons.
This figures represent an 16,5% increase compared to 2005.
Traffic tonnage over the last decade (in thousand of tons):
| Year | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | | Tons | 1.247 | 1.402 | 1.436 | 1.754 | 1.684 | 1.906 | 2.006 | 1.765 | 1.710 | 1.937 | 1.834 |
Solid bulk
With regard to solid bulk load or unload by pipe, 57.593 tons of cement were moved from Toral de los Vados.
The Port of Marin has become a significant distribution centre in southern Galicia and northern Castile-Leon of bulk animal fodder. 456.958 tons of cereal and 268.000 tons of bulk animal fodder were moved .
General goods
During 2006 869.356 tons of general goods were moved. The most significant itemm within general goods are the paper pulp (388.000 tons), wood (112.000 tons) and siderurgical (54.500 tons). And of course containers (317.242 tons).
Regarding fishing, th port is an important centre of cold storage, with an overall capacity of 200.000 cubic meters. Marin has modern installations for handling fresh fish that afford this product greater quality and market value. In 2006, 150.000 tons of frozen fish were unloaded, which represents an increase of 8% compared to 2005. As far as fresh fish is concern, 4.369 tons were sold at the fish market. This represented 8.8 millioin euros.
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