In the third quarter of 2023, for the fourth consecutive quarter, freight traffic in the port of Algeciras blamed a decline having been 25.8 million tonnes, down -3.3% percent on the same period last year. Contained the reduction of containerized loads that amounted to 14.5 million tonnes (-0.7%), traffic that was carried out with an handling of containers of 1.2 million teu (-1.7%). Unlike the other major Spanish container ports of Valencia and Barcelona, less engaged in the transhipment segment than in recent months, the decrease in Algeciras has been mainly produced by the contraction of import and export container flows that were results equal to 100mila teu (-7.8%) and 97mila teu (-8, 8), respectively, while the volume of transiting containers was found to be stable by being admoned to 1.0 million teu (-0.3%). Also declining conventional goods that totaled 2.6 million tonnes (-6.9%) as well as liquid bulk bulk, amounting to 6.7 million tonnes (-0.7%), and dry bulk bulk rinses with 52mila tonnes (-90.4%).

In the first nine months of 2023 the port of Algeciras handled 78.2 million tons of cargoes, with a -3.7% percent decline on the corresponding period last year. The container traffic alone amounted to more than 3.5 million teu (-0.9%), of which nearly 3.0 million transbordated teu (-0.6%), 297mila teu at landing (-2.2%) and 291mila teu at boarding (-2.4%).