Port of Huelva: 16.19mt handled in H1 2018 (+3.7% yoy)

The Spanish port trades mostly in liquids which totalled 12.19mt in this year's first half, an uptick of 0.3% on the result from the corresponding period last year.

A total of almost 3.43mt of dry bulk was also handled (+13.8% year-on-year) as well as some 488.1kt of general cargo (+33.8% yoy).

Huelva's H1 2018 container traffic amounted to 36,292 TEUs, an increase by 40.5% yoy. The port's wheeled traffic advanced as well - by 12.5% yoy to 3,530 ro-ro cargo units.

A total of 21,869 passengers went through the port's quays, more by 30.4% on the H1 2017 result. Out of the total, the ferry segment accounted for 15,885 (+9.6% yoy), while the cruise sector added the remaining 5,984 travellers (+162% yoy).