Trieste port cargo traffic up 4,5 %

Trieste port cargo traffic up 4,5 percent

The cargo traffic at the northern Italian port of Trieste climbed 4.5 percent year-on-year to 28.5 million tonnes in the first seven months of 2008, the port announced.

Container traffic for July showed a rise of 8.7 percent year-on-year to 31,085 TEUs. Between January and July container traffic at the port surged 33.7 percent year-on-year 200,000 TEUs.

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