Last January, with 1.76 million tons handled, the port of Ravenna suffered a significant drop of -19.3% in freight traffic compared to January 2023, a decrease that is has been driven by the reduction in the volumes of miscellaneous goods and dry bulk as well as the overall decline of -21.5% of goods unloaded, amounting to €1.53 million tonnes, more pronounced than the decrease in Cargo at loading fell by -1.3% to 231 million tonnes.

In the liquid bulk sector, the total was 418 thousand tons, with an increase of +3.1% generated by the increase +4.2% of petroleum products to 233 thousand tons and the +1.8% increase in other liquid cargoes, which rose to 185 thousand tons. In the miscellaneous goods segment, cargoes amounted to 117 thousand tonnes (-30.9%) with a container handling that totaled 11 thousand TEUs (-30.1%), rolling stock amounted to 123 thousand tons (-19.1%) and other miscellaneous goods at 367 thousand tons (-17.5%). The Dry bulk cargo was 738 thousand tons (-27.1%).

The Port System Authority of the Central Adriatic Sea Northern specified that the sharp drop in traffic in the The first month of 2024 "is affected by the full manifestation of the the effects of the Suez crisis, which is creating major problems for the whole world. the global supply chain and, in particular, maritime traffic, with disastrous economic consequences both in terms of at a global level as well as at an Italian level." 'Reduction import‐export of goods, delays and changes of route, increases in in the costs of maritime transport and its insurance - has "are penalizing the ports of the North Adriatic" and the Suez crisis has also affected the port of Ravenna "which imports mainly products from the Middle and Far East metallurgical companies and that, although they do not have direct container services with the Far East, however, has feeder connections with the major hubs ports located in the Mediterranean'.

The PSA has announced that for the month of February 2024 it is estimated traffic of just over two million tonnes, with a slight growth of +0.6% over February 2023.