As far as the EBHI bulk terminal is concerned, the stops of more than three months for their environmental adaptation of the thermals of Aboño, Soto de Ribera, Lada and Narcea have resulted in a lower consumption of coal, which has resulted in a decrease in traffic in this chapter of more than 40%. This data, together with the 2.4% decrease in the volume of traffic derived from Arcelor Mittal, has resulted in an overall traffic drop of 18.3% (Professional Logistics Photo)

With more than 66,000 containers passing through the port facilities, the Harbour Authority of Gijón closes the year with absolute record in the volume of traffic. Growth has been 6% over the last year and has increased 8.5% over the last decade. The growth of the so-called road traffic has also been exponential, although with still little significant data. Overall, global traffic has fallen by 12.2% due to the technical stops already planned for environmental improvements of, in practice, all the thermal power plants that are supplied of coal through El Musel. In addition, both general goods - 8.7% - and solid bulk - have had a positive development. It has not been the case for liquid bulk, which falls by 9.9%, which is explained by the cessation of the packaging of butane bulbs, as well as the lower demand for asphalt products as a result of the fall of the public works.