Also last month, as well as in the previous ones five months of 2023, in the port of Barcelona the traffic of the goods has accused a decrease that has turned out pairs to -7,1% having been handled 5.25 million tons of cargo compared to 5.65 million in June 2022. The reduction was generated mainly by the decrease in traffic containerized in place since November 2022 which last month is Result pairs to 2,77 million tons (- 11.9%). More Accentuated the decline of liquid bulk that totaled 850 thousand tons (- 23.1%), of which 602 thousand tons of hydrocarbons (- 30.2%) and 248 thousand tons of other liquid cargos (+1,6%). Conventional goods slightly decreased with 1.04 million of tons (- 1.9%), while the dry bulk is increased by the +76.8% rising to 580 thousand tons.

In the first half of 2023 the Catalan port of call has handled 31.72 million tons of goods, with a contraction of -10.5% on the first half of last year. If In the first quarter of 2023, with 15.31 million tons, it was was recorded a decrease of -12,6% on the correspondent period of 2022, in the following period April-June of this year, with a total of 16.42 million tons, the reduction was of -8.4%.

In particular, in the second quarter of 2023 the traffic of Miscellaneous goods amounted to 11,61 million tons (- 12.0%), of which 8,53 million tons of cargos containerized (- 16.0%) realized with a handling of containers pairs to 839,014 teu (- 9.6%), including 507,096 teu in import and export (+1.2%) and 331.917 teu in transit (- 22.3%), and 3,08 million tons of conventional goods (+1,4%). New car traffic was 213,854 units (+41.9%). In the bulk sector, liquid cargoes they have been attested to 3,38 million tons (- 5.5%) and those solids to 1,43 million tons (+24.5%).

In the second quarter of this year, passenger traffic was state of 1,51 million people (+60.4%), including 1,09 million crocieristi (+87.8%) and 418 thousand passengers of the ferries (+16.2%).