Last month, if container traffic in the port of Valencia continued to grow always driven by volumes of containers transshipped in the Spanish port of call, which was added in the month the increase in import-export containers, in the port of Algeciras, on the other hand, the trend negative in place since June due to the interruption of the increase of transhipment cargo. In August 2024, the volume of containers handled in Valencia amounted to 464 thousand TEUs (+19.1%), of which 235 thousand in transit (+22.9%), 119 thousand on disembarkation (+12.1%) and 112 thousand at boarding (+18.6%). In Algeciras, the total traffic is State equal to 403 thousand TEUs (-5.2%), of which 357 thousand in transit (-0.4%), 24 thousand on disembarkation (-31.3%) and 22 thousand on boarding (-30.5%).

In terms of weight, containerized traffic last month handled in Valencia was over 4.8 million tons (+14.7%) as well as in Algeciras (-2.9%).

In the first eight months of 2024, the Port of Valencia handled globally 3.6 million TEUs, with an increase of +13.8% on the same period last year, of which 1.8 million TEUs in transit (+17.5%), 917 thousand TEUs on landing (+10.2%) and 880 thousand TEUs boarding (+9.2%). Total container traffic in Algeciras amounted to 3.2 million TEUs (+1.1%), of which almost 2.8 million TEUs million TEUs in transit (+4.5%), 226 thousand on landing (-14.0%) and 212 thousand TEUs on boarding (-18.8%).