After two quarters of growth, in the July-September period of this year the traffic of goods in the port of Taranto is back to record a decline as they were moved 2.53 million tonnes, down -22.9% on the third quarter of 2024 caused by the reduction in both loads at disembarkation and at embarkation respectively 1.24 million tonnes (-32.0%) and 1.29 million tonnes (-11,4%). In addition, the contraction in total traffic was produced by the decrease in volumes handled in all product segments except liquid bulk which, with 1.31 million tons, marked an increase of +11,8%. Dry bulk cargo amounted to 890 thousand tons (-45.9%), conventional goods at 309 thousand tons (-23.4%) and goods in containers at 20 thousand tons (-66.4%).

In the first nine months of 2025, the Apulian port of call handled globally 9.54 million tonnes, with an increase by +10.0% on the same period of last year.