In the fourth quarter of 2023, with 6.75 million tonnes traffic, the traffic of goods in Tunisian ports has recorded a decrease of -8.9% compared to the same period of the year decline, which was generated by a sharp increase in the -27.6% reduction in cargo at embarkation to 2.44 million tonnes, partially offset by an increase in +6.7% of those at unloading rose to 4.31 million tons.

With the exception of the +59.3% growth in cereal volumes, which totalled 1.33 million tonnes and 394 thousand tons (+27.3%), in the period October-December last year were decreasing all other types of cargo: other dry bulk are amounted to 1.49 million tonnes (-13.3%), 1.99 million tonnes (-30.1%) and other liquid bulk 179 thousand tons (-22.3%, miscellaneous goods to 1.76 million tonnes (-0.8%) including 889 thousand tonnes of cargo containerized (-1.2%) made with a handling of containers equal to 111 thousand TEUs (+8.3%) and 475 thousand tons of rolling stock (-15.5%).

In the passenger sector, there were 207 thousand cruise passengers and passengers on regular lines 119 against 10 thousand and 116 thousand in the last quarter of 2022.

In the entire year 2023, Tunisia's ports handled 29.37 million tons of goods, with an increase of +2.3% over the previous year, of which 18.07 million tonnes landed (+4.6%) and 11.30 million tonnes at loading (-1.2%). The data Total miscellaneous goods was 8.00 million tonnes (-10.9%), of which 3.89 million tonnes of cargoes in containers (-4.6%) with container handling of 446 thousand TEUs (-0.3%), 1.98 million tons of rolling stock (-17.5%) and 2.13 million tonnes of conventional cargo (-14.9%). In the liquid bulk cargo, 9.53 million tonnes of hydrocarbons (+18.6%) and 1.00 million tonnes of other cargoes (+7.5%) and dry bulk cargo 4.74 million tonnes of cereals (+11.3%) and 6.09 million tonnes of other loads (-6.1%).

Last year, passengers on regular shipping lines were 788,000 (+1.2%) and 358,000 cruise passengers (+554.4%).