In the first semester of 2023 the traffic of the goods in the port of Palermo is increased of +11.2% having been pairs to 4.20 million tonnes compared to 3.78 million in the first half of last year. Disembarkation cargoes alone amounted to 2.52 million tons (+5.0%) and those to boarding to 1,68 million tons (+21.9%). The total number of miscellaneous goods was 3,91 million tons (+10.3%), including 3,84 million tons of rolling stock (+10.2%) and 77 thousand tons of goods in container (+11.7%). Liquid bulk amounted to 204 thousand tons (+11.1%), of which 200 thousand tons of products refined petroleum (+8.9%), while solid bulk has totaled 82 thousand tons (+83.6%).

In the passenger sector, ferry traffic has enlivened 532 thousand people (+27.7%), while the crocieristi are States 366 thousand (+102.0%), of which 58 thousand to disembarkation/boarding (+118.7%) and 308 thousand in transit (+99.1%).

With regard to the other ports managed by the Port System of the Sea of Western Sicily, in the first half of 2023 the port of Termini Imerese has enlivened 673 thousand tons (- 3.4%), the port of Trapani 308 thousand tons (+20.8%) and that of Porto Empedocle 214 thousand tons (- 31.0%).