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The amount of goods handled by the Amsterdam<br />
Ports grew by almost 1 % from 75 million tons (2005)<br />
to more than 84 million tons (<strong>2006</strong>)<br />
The amount of goods handled by the Port of<br />
Amsterdam grew by over 1 % from 54 million tons<br />
(2005) to 61 million tons (<strong>2006</strong>)<br />
Spectacularly, the volume of containers moved<br />
through the Port of Amsterdam jumped by 60%<br />
from 66,000 TEUs (in 2005) to 306,000 TEUs (<strong>2006</strong>)<br />
The volume of oil products handled by the Port<br />
of Amsterdam rose by 22% from 19.1 million tons<br />
(2005) to 23.4 million tons (<strong>2006</strong>)<br />
The number of sea ships received by the Port of<br />
Amsterdam rose by 12% to more than 5,700 in <strong>2006</strong><br />
The gross amount of land leased out by the Port of<br />
Amsterdam increased from an average of 25 hectares<br />
per year to 80 hectares in <strong>2006</strong><br />
The number of passengers aboard sea cruise ships<br />
visiting the Amsterdam Ports grew by over 12% to<br />
190,000 in <strong>2006</strong><br />
The number of passengers aboard river cruise ships<br />
climbed by more than 65% to 160,000 in <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
The Amsterdam Port Area creates employment for<br />
5 ,000 people.<br />
The profit made by the Port of Amsterdam rose by<br />
6% to EUR 29.3 million.
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