Port of La Gomera grows in passengers and goods in the first half of the year

Passenger vehicles were 106,875 units, 5,000 more than the same period of 2016, up 5%. Of the total, passenger cars accounted for 101,747 units, with others being coaches, vans and motorcycles. As far as total traffic is concerned, its increase exceeded 8% with almost 100,000 tons moved, most of them in the general merchandise regime reaching 84,631 tonnes, 6.4% more than in the first half of 2016. From January to July the port of San Sebastián de La Gomera was loaded with 39,430 tons of merchandise, up 12%, having downloaded 56,670 tons. Regarding merchant ships, the number and total gross tonnage also followed a positive path, with increases of 2 and 4% respectively, which indicates not only that more ships are arriving, but they are also larger. La Gomera, the second-smallest of the main islands in Spain’s Canary Island chain. Source: SpanishPorts Copyright (c) PortSEurope. All Rights Reserved. 2017.