After 14 consecutive months of growth generated mainly since the increase in container traffic, last month the traffic overall handled by the port of Valencia decreased having amounted to 5.38 million tons, with a decrease in -7.0% on November 2023 caused by the reduction in volumes in all the main product segments. In the container sector 4.35 million tons were handled (-2.2%) totaled with a handling of containers equal to 408 thousand TEUs (+4.0%), of which about 200 thousand in transit (+4.5%). More accentuated the decrease in both freight traffic conventional land, which amounted to 727 thousand tons (-25.7%), and bulk traffic, with liquid cargoes being equal to 110 thousand tons (-10.7%) and solid ones at 170 thousand tons (-17,4%).

In the first 11 months of 2024, the Spanish port has handled 67.23 million tons, with an increase of +7.8% on the corresponding period of last year. In the container sector traffic was 53.31 million tons (+9.7%) made with a handling of 20' containers equal to 4.96 million TEUs (+14.2%), of which more than 2.5 million in transit (+17,5%). In the conventional freight segment, traffic is 10.75 million tonnes (+3.2%), in that of the liquid bulk cargo of 1.08 million tonnes (-22.7%) and in the Dry bulk segment of 1.68 million tons (+4.0%).