If last month the traffic of goods in the port of Algeciras decreased slightly by -0.8% compared to July 2022, in the other main Spanish port of Barcelona the trend of decrease in volumes of loads handled continued more accentuated with a decrease that was -15.1%.

In July 2023 the Algeciras airport has treated a total of 8.73 million tonnes of goods compared to 8.80 million tonnes in the same month as last year. The only containerized goods are amounted to 4,85 million tons (0%) and were realized with a handling of containers pairs to 406 thousand teu (- 2.3%). The other goods several have totaled 951 thousand tons (+8.9%). In the Bulk sector were enlivened 2,21 million tons of liquid cargos (- 2.6%) and 10 thousand tons of cargos solids (-95.0%).

Last month the port of Barcelona has enlivened 5.29 million tonnes of goods compared to 6.23 million in July 2022. In the segment of miscellaneous goods, 2.94 million tons of cargo in container (- 14.9%) with a handling of containers pairs to 285 thousand teu (- 8.7%) and 1,07 million tons of other goods (+4.5%). Liquid bulk has attested to 992 thousand tons (- 33.8%) and those solid to 289 thousand tons (+15.8%).

In the first seven months of 2023 the port of call of the Bay of Algeciras handled a total of 61.18 million tons of goods, with a decrease of -3,4% on the correspondent period last year, and with only one containerized trade that is Result pairs to 2,74 million teu (- 0.8%). In Barcelona on Total traffic was 37.01 million tons (- 11.1%) and the single traffic of the containers of 1,89 million teu (-10,6%). In the Catalan port of call passenger traffic is State of 917 thousand people (+15.2%) and that of crocieristi of 1.83 million people (+79.8%).