After the -4.3% decline recorded in the first quarter of this year, in the following quarter, the traffic of goods in the port of Trieste recorded a growth of +3.7% having amounted to to 15.2 million tonnes compared to 14.6 million tonnes in the second quarter of 2024. The rise was determined by the +11.6% increase in liquid bulk cargo to 11.1 million tonnes and the increase in +29.6% of dry bulk goods rose to more than 25 thousand Tons. On the other hand, there was a decrease in miscellaneous goods that had totalled 4.0 million tonnes (-13.2%), with only one traffic of containers which amounted to 145 thousand TEUs (-31.9%), of which 130 thousand TEUs at disembarkation-embarkation (-4.7%) and 16 thousand TEUs in transit (-79,5%). Cruise traffic is also down, which is 104 thousand passengers (-13.1%).

In the first half of 2025, total freight traffic was 28.7 million tonnes, with a slight contraction of -0.2% on the first half of last year. Liquid bulk cargo was almost stable with 19.8 million tons (-0.3%), while dry bulk cargo decreased by -8.0% to 54 thousand tons. The volume of miscellaneous goods also remained unchanged, which was result of 8.9 million tons (+0.2%), with traffic of containers which amounted to 383 thousand TEUs (-1.7%) - including 274 thousand TEUs at disembarkation-embarkation (+5.3%) and 109 thousand TEUs in transit (-15.9%) - and with ro-ro traffic that amounted to 155 thousand units (+5.3%). Cruise traffic has suffered a decrease of -13.9% having been 107 thousand passengers.

In the first six months of 2025, the port of Monfalcone handled 2.3 million tonnes of goods (+37.9%), of which mainly 1.9 million tons of dry bulk (+45.5%).