Last month, the port of Barcelona handled 6.31 million tonnes of goods, which represents an increase in the by +8.2% on May 2023 and is the second most the volume of loads as ever to be less than an all-time record of 6.16 million tonnes set last March. In the miscellaneous goods sector alone, 4.44 were handled million tonnes (+6.4%), of which 3.31 million tonnes of goods in containers (+7.8%) made with a handling of containers equal to 343 thousand TEUs (+13.7%) - including 189 thousand TEUs imports and exports (+6.3%) and 154 thousand TEUs in transit (+24.3%) - and 1.12 million tonnes of goods (+2.6%). In the liquid bulk sector, handled: 1.43 million tonnes (+20.8%) and dry bulk 445 thousand tons (-7.5%).

In the passenger segment, ferry traffic has 117 thousand people handled (+1.7%), while traffic cruise was 438,000 passengers, a number that represents a slight increase on May 2023 but is nevertheless the third highest ever, being lower than the October 2023 (467 thousand cruise passengers) and July 2023 (448 thousand cruise passengers).

In the first five months of 2024, the Catalan port of call handled a total of 28.63 million tonnes of goods, with an increase of +8.5% over the same period last year year. Containerized cargo amounted to 16.45 million tonnes (+19.2%), with container handling amounted to 1.63 million TEUs (+23.0%), of which 857 thousand TEUs in import-export (+7.0%) and 776 thousand TEUs in transit (+47.3%). Goods amounted to 4.89 million tonnes (+4,1%). Liquid and solid bulk totaled 5.45 million tonnes (-5.7%) and 1.84 million tonnes, respectively. tonnes (-12.9%).

In the period January-May of this year, passengers of the There were 483 thousand ferries (+2.3%) and 1.03 million cruise passengers (+4,0%).