In 2023, short sea shipping services connecting Spain with Italy they transported 8.63 million tons of cargo rolling stock, with a decrease of -5.2% compared to the previous year. The specifies the latest report of the Statistical Observatory on the short sea shipping of the Asociación Española de Promoción del Transporte Marítimo de Corta Distancia (TMCD), the Spanish association that promotes this mode of transport, in which it is specified that last year, with regard to services to and from the Mediterranean coast of the Spain, also the other major traffic flow, the one with the Morocco, recorded a reduction having totaled 14.12 million tonnes (-3.8%).

The report also explains that if in relation to the coast Spanish Atlantic the number of motorway of the sea services between Spain and Italy remained unchanged compared to 2022 operated three lines, the Motorways of the Sea related to the coast increased from seven to ten, increasing the number of significantly the capacity offered (+46.3%) second half of 2023 amounted to €3.84 million linear meters.

In relation to road transport, in 2023 the short sea shipping accounted for 51.8% of the ro-ro cargoes transported between Spain and Italy.