After seven consecutive quarters of growth, in the first quarter of 2023 the traffic of the goods enlivened by the ports French reversed the trend marking a sharp decline being amounted to 67.5 million tons of cargoes, with a decrease of -8.6% regarding 73,8 million tons in the first three months of last year. The reduction was generated by the trend negative assumed by liquid bulk flows that have conformed to the negative trend already underway in the quarters previous in other product sectors. In addition, the contraction of the volumes was produced mainly in the main ports Nationals: Marseille and Le Havre. The global decline has been verified both in relation to the flow of goods at landing attested to 44,6 million tons (- 9.4%) both to that of goods at embarkation totalling 22.9 million tonnes (-6,9%).

In particular, in the first three months of this year traffic Total liquid bulk amounted to 29.2 million of tons (- 5.8%). The decline in bulk cargoes is more pronounced solid turned out pairs to 12,7 million tons (- 10.6%) so as that of the goods various dropped of -10,5% to 25,6 million tonnes, including 10.6 million tonnes of cargo containerized (-17.7%) realized with a handling of containers pairs to 1,22 million teu (- 14.4%) and 13,9 million tons of rolling stock (-3.0%).

In the first quarter of 2023 the port system Haropa, consisting of the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, has enlivened 19,1 million tons of goods (- 8.3%), of which 9,9 million of tons of liquid bulk (- 3.6%), 3,2 million tons of dry bulk (+0.2%), 5,6 million tons of goods in container (- 18.3%) totaled enlivening 598.471 teu (- 17.0%), 148 thousand tons of rolling stock (- 26.4%) and 166 thousand tons of other miscellaneous goods (-17.0%).

The contraction of traffic enlivened by the port of Marseille which stopped altogether at 15,6 million tons (- 19.2%), of which 9,6 million tons of liquid bulk (- 16.3%), 2,0 million tons of bulk solid (- 24.7%), 2,8 million tons of containerized goods (- 23.0%) with a handling of container pairs to 312.994 teu (- 19.6%), 1,0 million tons of rotabili (- 14.9%) and 300 thousand tons of other miscellaneous goods (- 38.0%).

Traffic in the port of Dunkirk is also decreasing attested to 11,6 million tons (- 4.9%), included 3.0 million tons of liquid bulk (- 11.5%), 4,0 million tonnes of solid bulk (0%), 1,3 million tonnes of Container goods (-9.6%) with container handling pairs to 172.069 teu (- 6.8%), 2,8 million tons of cargos ro-ro (- 6.2%) and 416 thousand tons of other goods various (+38.4%).

Among the other main French port ports, in the first trimester of this year the port of Calais has enlivened 9,8 million tons of goods (- 0.5%), the port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire 6,2 million tons (+0.8%), the port of La Rochelle 1,8 million tons (- 19.9%) and the port of call of Bordeaux 1,5 million tons (+4.8%).