Last year, cargo traffic in Croatian ports was decreased significantly, while that of passengers marked a New all-time record generated by new traffic peaks recorded both by passengers of scheduled services and by cruise passengers.

In 2024, the total traffic of goods was 20.85 million tons, with a decrease of -10.1% on the year previous, of which 15.26 million tonnes of cargo on unloading (-11.4%) and 5.59 million tons at loading (-8.7%). The only type of loads increased was that of containers with 4.17 million tons (+6.8%), a volume that is was carried out with a handling of 449,159 containers TEUs (+1.7%), of which 418,204 TEUs handled from the port of Rijeka alone (+2,2%). Sharp reduction in volumes of liquid and solid bulk which amounted to 9.54 million tonnes respectively (-12.2%) and 5.62 million tonnes (-16.5%) and even more The decrease in rolling stock is accentuated with 95 thousand tons (-61,3%). Other miscellaneous goods amounted to 1.33 million tonnes (-8.0%).

Last year, passengers on scheduled maritime services in the Croatian ports of call were 34.64 million (+2.8%), while the cruise passengers were 1.49 million (+18.1%).

In the fourth quarter of 2024 alone, ports handled 4.90 million tons of goods, with a decrease of -8.1% on the corresponding period of 2023. In the container sector 112,944 TEUs were handled (-0.5%), of which 104,461 TEUs were handled Rijeka (-0.8%).