The Port System Authority of the Adriatic Sea Centrale announced that last year the ports of Ancona-Falconara Marittima, Ortona and Vasto handled 11.2 million tonnes of goods, down -4.3% on 2022. In 2023 The total solid goods amounted to almost 6.8 million tonnes (-8.6%) and liquid goods by over 4.4 million tonnes (+3.0%).

Last year, the port of Ancona alone handled almost 9.5 million tonnes of cargo (-10.3%). The PSA specified that In particular, solid goods decreased to 377,812 tonnes (-16.7%), especially in the ferry traffic segment for Greece. Goods loaded and unloaded in containers are over 1.1 million tonnes, in line with 2022, with a container handling, which amounted to 173,152 TEUs (+4,7%). The total liquid bulk traffic and rolling stock, it can be deduced from the data provided by the port authority, is down by -11.3% to almost €8.0 million Tons.

In 2023, the port of Ortona handled 1.2 million tonnes of goods (+1.0%). Liquid bulk, with the traffic of petroleum derivatives, grew by +2.3% with 431 thousand tonnes, while dry goods were 749 thousand tonnes (+0,3%). In particular, the unloading of products has increased cereals with 382 thousand tons (+4.6%).

Last year, traffic in the port of Vasto was 573 thousand tons (-3.9%), of which 280 thousand tons of bulk liquid (+11.7%) and 203 thousand tons of dry goods (-15.2%).

In 2023, passengers transited through ports managed by the Port Authority There were 959 thousand, in line with the previous year. Have been 870 thousand ferry passengers in Ancona and Pesaro (-1.6%) and 89 thousand (+19.3%) cruise passengers arrived in Ancona, Pesaro and Ortona.