Last month, cargo traffic in Spanish ports increased increased by +0.9% compared to July 2023 having amounted to 46.9 million tons. The increase in the +4.5% of containerized traffic to 16.3 million tons, a volume that was achieved with a handling of containers equal to 1,531,414 TEUs (+6.3%), of which 813,932 TEUs in transit (+11.6%). Bulk cargo also rose slightly liquid with 15.0 million tons (+0.7%). Solid bulk cargo, with 7.1 million tonnes, fell by -3.4% and declined conventional goods were also found with 7.3 million tonnes (-0.6%). In the passenger sector, cruise passengers are almost 1.2 million (+0.8%) and passengers on regular services 3.9 million (-1.4%).

Puertos del Estado has announced that in July 2024 in the port alone of Barcelona, the total freight traffic was almost 6.2 million tons (+13.8%). The Catalan port of call handled 3.3 million tons of containerized cargo (+10.9%) with container handling that was equal to 337,478 TEUs (+18.6%), including 151,920 TEUs in transit (+34,8%). Conventional goods totalled 1.1 million tons (+1.9%). In the liquid bulk sector, 1.3 million tonnes (+31.4%) and in the dry bulk 390 thousand tons (+22.9%). In the segment of passengers there were 453 thousand cruise passengers (-3.1%) and passengers of regular lines 259 thousand (-5.2%).

In the first seven months of 2024, Spanish ports handled 330.3 million tonnes of goods, with a An increase of +3.0% compared to the same period of last year. Containerized goods were 114.4 million tons (+9.8%) and were made with a container handling equal to 10,644,383 TEUs (+11.7%), of which 5,761,868 TEUs in transit (+18.7%). Conventional cargo amounted to 51.2 million tons (+1.4%), liquid bulk cargo to 106.8 million tons (+4.0%) and dry bulk cargo at 49.1 million tons (-10.1%).