Last month, the Port of Barcelona handled over 6.7 million tons of goods, down -2.9% on May 2024. The reduction in the volumes of goods in containers has been accentuated, which are amounted to 2.9 million tonnes (-13.1%) with a handling of containers amounting to 316 thousand TEUs (-8.3%), of which 182 thousand in import-export (-22.7%) and 134 thousand in transit (+22.9%). The Growth in containers in transit follows five months of declines in this traffic flow culminated in April with a contraction -49.4%. Dry bulk cargo also declined markedly with 250 thousand tons (-43.7%), while liquid bulk cargo was increased by +29.2% to 1.8 million tonnes and increased conventional goods were also found with over 1.1 million tons (+1.5%). Last month, ferry passengers in the Catalan port were 112 thousand (-4.4%) and cruise passengers 490 thousand (+11,4%).

In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the Port of Barcelona amounted to 1.54 million TEUs, with a decrease of -5.8% on the same period of last year year, of which 911 thousand TEUs in import-export (+5.9%) and 632 thousand TEUs in transit (-18.8%).

Last month, the port of Valencia also decreased container traffic which amounted to 527 thousand TEUs (-1.4%), with only one volume of containers in transit - it announced today the Port Authority of the port - which recorded a drop of almost -5%.

In the first five months of this year, containerized traffic in Valencia was 2.35 million TEUs, up by +4.7% over the same period of 2024, with a reduction of -1.0% in volumes of full containers in transit and a decrease of -17.3% in empty containers in transit.