Last month the traffic of goods in the port of Taranto is Grown of +12.4% going up to 1,31 million tons compared to 1.16 million in July 2022, growth that was generated from the increase of +22.5% of the cargos to the disembarkation attested to 844 thousand tons which more than compensated for the reduction of the -2.2% of the goods at boarding dropped to 462 thousand tons.

The total of solid bulk amounted to 714 thousand tons (+1.5%) and that of liquid bulk to 349 thousand tons (+33.6%). Conventional goods are also growing with 235 thousand tons (+22.7%) and the goods in container with almost 8 thousand tons (+48.6%).

In the first seven months of 2023 the Apulian port of call has Handled 8.39 million tons of goods, with a decrease of -5.5% on the corresponding period last year, of which 4.92 million tons to disembarkation (- 2.4%) and 3,45 million tons at boarding (-9.5%). Overall, solid bulk and liquids amounted to 4.36 million tonnes respectively (- 11.2%) and 2,30 million tons (+14.2%). In the field of miscellaneous goods were handled 1.61 million tons of goods conventional (- 4.1%) and 107 thousand tons of cargos containerized (-59.3%).

In the period January-July of this year the traffic of passengers of the cruises has been of 66 thousand people (+32.8%), of which 34 thousand at disembarkation/embarkation (+926.5%).