In the second quarter of 2023, cargo traffic in ports of the European Union amounted to €827.7 million tonnes, with a decrease of -5.9% over the same period of the previous year, which was determined by the Decrease in all cargo volumes in the main segments with the exception of rolling stock where, with 109.7 million tonnes, traffic grew by +2.9%. Eurostat announced today that in the period April-June of 2019, the last year liquid and solid bulk, amounting to 301.3 million and 177.3 million tonnes, recorded declines -6.8% and -10.6%. There is also a reduction in containerized goods with 191.9 million tonnes (-5.2%) and other goods with 47.4 million tons (-3.3%).

Total traffic at disembarkation in EU ports has increased at 514.2 million tonnes (-6.2%) and that at loading to 313.5 million tonnes (-5.4%).

In the second quarter of 2023, domestic traffic alone was amounted to 101.9 million tonnes (+9.0%). The intra-EU international traffic, on the other hand, was 218.1 million tonnes (-4.7%) and international traffic outside the EU by 463.4 million tonnes (-11.8%).

In the second quarter of last year, with 18.1 million tonnes handled in EU ports, Russia was found to be the eighth non-European trading partner by sea of the European Union, while in the second quarter of 2021, before of the start of the Russia-Ukraine war on February 24 In 2022, Russia was the top trading partner with 73.6 million tonnes, as it was still in the first quarter of 2019. 2022 with 75.1 million tonnes.