In the first three months of this year, the ports of Ancona, Ortona and Vasto handled 2.49 million tons of goods, with a increase of +3% over the same period in 2024. The Authority of the Port System of the Central Adriatic Sea has announced that The increase was mainly driven by growth of solid goods (+11%) compared to a decrease in the number of goods liquid (-8%).

The port of Ancona alone handled a total of 2.12 million tons (+4%). The port authority specified that the unloading of bulk goods and general cargo has risen by +149% to 142 thousand tons, driven by minerals and products Metallurgical. Cargo in ferries grew by +7%, while goods in containers marked a figure again positive with +15%. Liquid bulk cargo, on the other hand, despite the recovery in March (+24%), in the first quarter of 2025 they recorded a drop of -11%. In addition, the Port Authority specified that, if a March 2025, the data are also positive for the movement in containers in terms of TEUs with a total of over 13 thousand 20' containers (+8%), the quarterly figure showed a slight decrease of -1.5%. The data on truck traffic and trailer on the Motorways of the Sea in the Doric port, with a +6% both in the entire first quarter of 2025 and in March. In Ancona the quarterly passenger traffic on ferries was 87 thousand transits, in line with 2024 thanks to the positive performance of flows with Greece (+3%) and Albania (+7%).

In the first quarter of 2025, the port of Ortona handled 255 thousand tons of goods (-9%) and the port of Vasto 118 thousand tons (+14%).