The ports of Balearic Islands receive 13 million goods per year
Palma de Mallorca
24/08/2015
Nearly 13 million goods passed through general interest ports managed by Port Authority of Balearic Islands (PAB) in one year, figure that increases every year since last 2011 thus indicating Balearic Islands’ economic activity also increases. Palma, Alcúdia, Maó, Ibiza and La Savina (Formentera) are the getaway for goods received in the islands. goods that are being distributed to the companies for sell and consumption. In fact, 95% of PAB activity is focused in good logistics. 12,6 million goods and 625.000 vehicles reached Balearic Islands’ ports last year. There is a slightly higher forecast for current 2015. We mean not just vehicles and goods but also persons. 6,4 million people passed through island’s ports whether in cruises or transportation ferries in 2014. It is possible to reach 6,6 million people at the end of 2015, around 200.000 more passengers. General Interest ports are strategic in Balearic Islands because they are the getaway for both passengers and goods, this is why PAB is an institution under the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Works and Development but also strongly linked to Balearic Islands’ Government and City Halls of the cities where they are located, represented on its Management Board, together with business and trade union entities.
