In 2023, cargo traffic in Greek ports is growth of +1.0% on the previous year, while that of the recorded a more marked increase in the number of passengers +6,4%. The Hellenic Statistical Authority announced today that Last year, national ports handled 143.1 million tonnes of goods compared to 141.6 million tonnes of tonnes in 2022. In 2024, domestic traffic is amounted to 28.8 million tonnes (-0.9%) and the 114.3 million tonnes (+1.5%), of which 66.4 million tonnes million tonnes at landing (+0.3%) and 47.9 million tonnes at tonnes at loading (+3.2%). In the rolling stock segment only, the traffic amounted to almost 11.9 million vehicles (+4.4%), of which 11.0 million at national level (+4.5%) and 821 thousand at national level international (+2.6%).

Last year, there were almost 38.0 million passengers, of which €36.1 million handled by domestic services (+6.3%) and €1.78 million million from international countries (+8.0%).

In the fourth quarter of 2023 alone, freight traffic increased totalled 35.7 million tonnes, with a decrease in the -1.1% compared to the same period of the previous year, of which 7.0% million tonnes of domestic traffic (-1.0%) and 28.8 million tonnes tonnes of international traffic (-1.2%). In the field of rolling stock there were more than 2.2 million vehicles (+6.8%), including less than 2.1 million nationally (+7.7%) and 166 thousand in international level (-3.6%).

In the period October-December last year, passengers more than 6.1 million (+11.1%), with 5.9 million people transported by national maritime services (+11.7%) and 244 thousand persons from international maritime services (-1.4%).