Last year the port of Ancona handled a traffic of goods by over 9.6 million tonnes, with a growth of +2% about 2024. The Port System Authority of the Sea Adriatico Centrale has announced that the traffic of goods alone solid plants, with 5.6 million tonnes, recorded growth +3% supported in particular by general cargo and bulk as well as containerized goods. Goods only containerized ships embarked and disembarked in the port of Ancona reached 1,163,597 tons (+8) with a handling of containers equal to 154,868 TEUs (+2%). Non-unitized goods, including general cargo and dry bulk, amounted to approximately 475 thousand tons (50%). In addition, the port authority announced that in 2025 there was a slight contraction in traffic goods on ferries (-2%) and heavy vehicles in transit (-1%), given that, however, - specified the Port Authority - it must be linked to the temporary suspension of a ferry line between Ancona and Split for part of the year, while the volumes relating to the lines with the Greece and Albania have not experienced any particular fluctuations. Finally, last year the handling of liquid bulk at the Falconara Marittima oil plant has kept in line with 2024, exceeding four million tons, with a significant increase in petroleum products refined (+14%).

In the passenger sector, in 2025 the port of Ancona totalled 817,627 transits (-12%), of which 739,399 passengers of the ferries (-10%) and 78,228 cruise passengers (-25%).

With regard to all port ports administered by the Port Authority of the Central Adriatic, 2025 ended with a traffic of 11,418,101 tons of goods (+1%). The traffic in the port of Ortona is state of 1.3 million tons (+2%) and in that of Vasto of about 441 thousand tons (-10%). At the port of Ortona the traffic of passenger was 14,400 units (+26%).