Continuing the negative trend that began in January, the Last month the traffic of goods in the port of Barcelona has recorded a significant decrease as it amounted to overall to 5.82 million tonnes, with a reduction of -10.0% on May 2022. In the field of goods, various enlivened 4,17 million tons (- 10.9%), of which 3,07 million of tons of containerized goods (- 15.2%) realized with a handling of container pairs to 302 thousand teu (- 9.5%) - included 175 thousand teu in import-export (- 0.1%) and 127 thousand teu in transit (-19.8%) - and 1,09 million tons of conventional goods (+4,0%). Liquid bulk also decreased with 1.19 million total tons (- 7.1%), of which 850 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (- 15.2%) and 340 thousand tons of other liquid cargos (+22.2%), as well as solid bulk that stood at 458 thousand tons (-9.3%).

Last month passengers in the Catalan port of call are states 566 thousand (+83.4%), of which 441 thousand crocieristi (+106.2%) and 115 thousand passengers of the ferries (+28.9%).

In the first five months of 2023 the total traffic of goods was 26.47 million tonnes, with a contraction of -11.1% on the same period last year, of Cui 13,80 million tons of containerized cargos (- 14.9%) totaled with a container handling of 1.33 million teu (- 12.2%), 4,70 million tons of goods conventional (0%), 5.84 million tonnes of liquid bulk (- 14.6%) and 2,13 million tons of dry bulk (+5.9%). In the segment of the passengers, the crocieristi have been 998 thousand (+127.4%) and passengers of regular lines 473 thousand (+34.6%).