In the first quarter of 2025, Tunisian ports handled 7.01 million tons of goods, with a decrease of -2.6% on the corresponding period of last year which was determined by the sharp contraction of -16.9% in goods which amounted to 2.37 million tonnes, while those on disembarkation increased by +6.8% to 4.64 million Tons.

In addition, the overall reduction in traffic was caused by the decline in bulk volumes with the exception of cereals which, with 1.27 million tonnes, recorded a growth of +6,7%. Other dry bulk cargo decreased by -20.1% to 1.29 million tons and hydrocarbons and other liquid bulk cargo, with volumes of 2.12 million tons (-5.1%) and 206 thousand tons (-25.1%).

On the other hand, there was a sharp increase in the number of miscellaneous goods that totalled 2.13 million tons (+12.9%), of which 983 thousand tons of containerized goods (+2.3%) made with a handling of containers equal to 125 thousand TEUs (+9.8%), 564 thousand tons of ro-ro cargo (+5.2%) and 508 thousand tons of other miscellaneous cargo (+49,6%).

With regard to the individual ports, traffic in the port of Rades is 1.59 million tonnes (+5.1%), in the port of Sfax 1.34 million tons (+19.2%), in the port of Skhira by 1.23 million tons (-5.0%), in the port of Bizerte of 1.22 million tons (-5.0%), in the port of Gabes of 625 thousand tons (-37.3%), in the port of Sousse of 427 thousand tons (-2.3%), in the port of La Goulette of 314 thousand tons (+23.0%) and in the port of Zarzis of 259 thousand tons (-9.5%).

Cruise passenger traffic was 51 thousand passengers compared to only a little more than a thousand in the first three months of the 2024.