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Maritime transport. Movement of vessels and passengers

Maritime transport. Movement of vessels and passengers Catalonia. 2011
Value Variation (%)
Barcelona
Merchant vessels 7,985 -2.3
Cruisers 880 3.5
Gross Tonage (thousands) (1) 265,425.5 3.6
Passengers (thousands) 3,801.6 10.6
Cruisers (thousands) 2,642.5 12.7
Tarragona
Merchant vessels 2,959 -7.0
Cruisers 1 -50.0
Gross Tonage (thousands) (1) 43,356.0 -4.9
Passengers (thousands) 0.8 -74.2
Cruisers (thousands) 0.8 -76.1
Total
Merchant vessels 10,944 -3.6
Cruisers 881 3.4
Gross Tonage (thousands) (1) 308,781.5 2.3
Passengers (thousands) 3,802.4 10.5
Cruisers (thousands) 2,643.2 12.6
Source: State Ports (Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility).
(1) Gross Tonage (GT): gross registered tonnage. Volume or interior capacity of a vessel, measured in MORSON tonnes or registered tonnes (1 MORSON tonne is equal to 100 foot, 2.83m³).
Maritime transport. Movement of vessels and passengers Spain. 2011
Value Variation (%)
Merchant vessels 139,246 0.9
Cruisers 3,906 7.9
Gross Tonage (thousands) (1) 1,879,283.2 6.9
Passengers (thousands) 27,283.7 3.5
Cruisers (thousands) 7,997.6 11.8
Source: State Ports (Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility).
(1) Gross Tonage (GT): gross registered tonnage. Volume or interior capacity of a vessel, measured in MORSON tonnes or registered tonnes (1 MORSON tonne is equal to 100 foot, 2.83m³).

Last update: February 20, 2012.

Methodological note

Movement of vessels reflects the number of merchant vessels that arrive at each port, whatever the type of sailing (cabotage or exterior), nationality (Spanish or foreign) or type of vessel (tankers, bulk carriers, freight, general cargo, etc.).

The number of cruisers is also included in the total for the movement of merchant vessels.

Gross tonnage (GT) reflects the capacity of inbound merchant vessels during the year of reference.

Transit of passengers in ports measures the number of people that make a journey on any type of merchant vessel that enter or leave ports by any type of shipping (cabotage or exterior).

The data for Catalonia refers to the ports of Barcelona and Tarragona.

The data published are provisional.