In the first half of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Palermo was 3.88 million tons, with a slight growth of +0.5% compared to the first half of last year generated by the +6.9% increase in loads at boarding which stood at 1.50 million tons, which compensated for the decline -3.2% of those on disembarkation, totalling 2.34 million of tons. In addition, the content increase in traffic was produced by the +3.7% increase in loads which amounted to a total of 3.59 million Tons. Containerized goods decreased by -2.6% falling to 68 thousand tons and bulk cargo was also down, with 188 thousand tons of refined petroleum products (-29.6%) and with 33 thousand tons of dry bulk (-43.5%) handled by the Palermo port of call.

In the passenger sector, both the cruises with 430 thousand passengers (+12.8%), of which 63 thousand on the disembarkation/embarkation (-9.7%) and 367 thousand in transit (+17.9%), both the ferry passengers with 575 thousand units (+3.8%) and those of local services with 44 thousand units (+8.0%).

Among the other ports administered by the System Authority Port of the Western Sicilian Sea, in the first six months of this year the port of Termini Imerese handled 750 thousand tons of goods (+34.0%), of which 581 thousand rolling stock (+36.1%), 11 thousand tons of goods in containers and 158 thousand tons of dry bulk (+19.1%); the port of Trapani handled 367 thousand tons (+18.1%), including 176 thousand tons of ro-ro cargo (+64.6%), 69 thousand tons of containerized goods (+11.7%), 103 thousand tons of dry bulk (-25.4%) and 19 thousand tons of liquid bulk (+385.7%); traffic in the port of Porto Empedocle was 245 thousand tons (+4.0%), of which 60 thousand tons of rolling stock (+44.6%) and 185 thousand tons of bulk cargo solid (-4.7%); traffic in the port of Gela was 603 thousand tons of refined petroleum products (-28.4%); the traffic in the port of Licata was 81 thousand tons of dry bulk (+28.4%).