The Port System Authority of the Tyrrhenian Seas Meridionale e Ionio has announced that, after closing last year, year with a handling of about four million TEUs ( of 3 January 2025), to January 2025 the growth of traffic containerized in the port of Gioia Tauro continued and was strengthened since 347,917 TEUs were handled during the month, with a increase of +12.5% compared to January 2024.

The body highlighted that these are excellent performances "which demonstrate the renewed interest of shipowners, despite the difficulties generated by the well-known European ETS directive and the international crisis in maritime traffic, due to the instability of the geopolitics of the Red Sea, which has forced shipowners to circumnavigate Africa in order to reach the port of Gioia Tauro".