Last year, the traffic of goods in the ports of Augusta and Catania decreased by -1.8% and -3.5% respectively compared to 2022, having amounted to 24.07 million tonnes and 7.58 million tonnes. In the first port of call, the decline is was generated by the -2.5% reduction in bulk volumes 23.04 million tonnes, of which 6.77 million tonnes million tonnes of crude oil (-6.3%), 14.73 million tonnes of crude oil tonnes of refined petroleum products (-1.4%), 998 thousand tonnes of petroleum products, gaseous, liquefied or compressed and natural gas (+20.6%) and 537 thousand tons of chemical products (-14,8%). In addition, 1.03 million tons of solid bulk (+15.5%), including 597 thousand tons of minerals and building materials (-11.0%), 125 thousand tons of metallurgical products (-6.7%) and 309 thousand tons of other bulk (+258.5%).

In 2023, of the 7.58 million tonnes of cargo, handled in the port of Catania, 7.17 million tons were miscellaneous goods (-4.5%), of which 6.64 million tonnes of rolling stock (-5.2%) and 528 thousand tons of containerized goods (+5.8%), and 419 thousand tons of dry bulk (+17.7%), including 179 thousand tons of cereals (+6.8%), 35 thousand tons of foodstuffs food, feed and oilseeds (+108.3%), 166 thousand tons of metallurgical products (+10.0%), 19 thousand tons of products chemicals (+57.9%), 14 thousand tons of minerals and materials to be construction, zero traffic in 2022, and 6 thousand tons of other dry bulk (-29.8%). Last year Catania traffic cruise was 222 thousand passengers (+43.7%).