In the first half of 2023, cargo traffic in the port of Trieste decreased by -7.3% compared to the same period last year. This is announced in the latest update economic report on the economy of Friuli Venezia Giulia published by the Bank of Italy. In total, in the period July-September of This year, the port of Giuliano handled 27.0 million tonnes, of which 22.9 million tonnes landed (-7.6%) and 4.2 million tonnes tonnes at loading (-5.7%).

The overall drop in traffic was caused by the contraction of oil traffic as well as the volumes of goods in containers (-3.5%) and rolling stock (-8.9%). In terms of 20-foot containers handled, in the third quarter Containerized traffic amounted to 420,271 TEUs (-2,7%). Passengers, on the other hand, grew by +10.3% to 131 thousand units.

In the first six months of 2023, cargo traffic in the port of Monfalcone was over 2.1 million tons, with a growth of +14.5% over the first half of last year supported to a large extent - the document specifies - by the increase in of solid bulk consisting predominantly of metals and coal Intended to feed the nearby thermoelectric power plant that has returned in operation as of March 2022.