Last month it continued in the ports of Algeciras and Valencia: the significant increase in container traffic generated essentially from the volumes of containers transhipped in the two ports Spaniards, the flow of traffic, the latter, which is stimulated by the the effects of the relocation of the main airlines on the route around Capo di Buona Hope to avoid the Red Sea region where the Houthi rebel attacks on ships.

In the first five months of this year, traffic in Algeciras 2.00 million of TEUs, with an increase of +3.6% over the same period of 2023 which was produced by the +8.6% increase in traffic international transhipment amounted to 1.48 million TEUs, while domestic transhipments fell by -5.4% to 236 thousand TEUs and Container flows were also decreasing in Import and export results of respectively 151 thousand TEUs (-6.8%) and 136 thousand TEUs (-14.1%). A similar trend is was recorded in May 2024 alone, when 418 thousand TEUs handled, with a growth of +3.1% due to the +10.2% increase in international traffic volumes of transhipment, results equal to 310 thousand TEUs, while transits decreased by -1.0% and the import (-24.2%) and export (-19.2%) flows.

In the first five months of 2024, container traffic in the Valencia's port system amounted to €2.22 million TEUs (+12.4%), of which 518 thousand TEUs in May alone, with a +12.0% increase over May 2023 generated by the +13.1% increase transhipments and the slower growth of containers in import (+0.5%) and export (+2.7%).