Last year, Spanish ports handled 557.8 million tonnes of goods, with a Progression of +2.7% over 2023. Growth has been generated mainly by the increase in the volumes of miscellaneous goods: the only containerized traffic amounted to 193.1 million tons (+8.0%) with container handling that Reached a new all-time high of 18,114,516 TEUs (+10.6%) driven by the increase in containers in transit, which amounted to 9,662,339 TEUs (+15.1%); In addition, Spanish ports of call have also marked a new historical record of freight traffic which amounted to 85.6 million tons (+2.1%). Bulk cargo was also on the rise liquid with 178.9 million tons (+2.3%), while bulk cargo with 84.8 million tonnes, fell by -6,4%.

In 2024, passenger traffic surpassed passenger traffic for the first time 40 million people having been over 40.8 million million passengers (+3.9%), a new record that was established thanks to the historical peak of 28.0 million passengers in the scheduled maritime services (+2.7%), while cruise passengers recorded an increase of +6.7% rising to more than 12.8 million of units.