The downward trend of cargo traffic in the port of Valencia in place since September 2021, with the only exceptions of the months of May 2022 and March 2023, continued last month in course of which the Spanish port of call has enlivened 6,46 million tons of goods, with a bending of the -6.2%. The Negative trend is driven by the reduction of the main commodity item, that of containers, which in May 2023 has recorded a total of 5.07 million tonnes, with a slight decrease of -0.5% compared to May 2022 which is more accentuated if containerized trade is measured in 20' containers handled: last month, in fact, the data is State 448.108 teu, with a decrease of -6,4% on May 2022 that was produced by contractions in container flows embarkation (-22.0%) and disembarkation (-9.4%) partially offset from the increase in containers in transit (+5.7%). There was also a slight decrease Conventional freight traffic amounted to 1.06 million tons (- 0.5%) as well as that of new cars with A total of 203,618 vehicles handled (-0.8%). More Significant decline in liquid bulk with 134 thousand tons (-23.4%), while dry bulk grew by +4.4% to 160 thousand tons.

In the first five months of 2023 the port of Valencia has Globally handled 21.63 million tons of goods, with a reduction of -9.6% on the corresponding period of last year year. Containerized trade alone amounted to 16.93 million tons (- 12.7%) with a handling of container which turned out pairs to 1.496.030 teu (- 12.3%).