In the third quarter of this year, the port of Venice 6.06 million tons of goods handled, with a decrease in -2.2% over the corresponding period of 2024, of which 4.87 million tonnes of cargo at unloading (-4.0%) and 1.29 million tonnes of cargo tons at embarkation (+6.0%). The total figure for miscellaneous goods is of 2.74 million tons, with a significant increase of +17.7% generated by the +23.2% increase in containerized goods to 1.49 million tonnes with container handling equal to 136 thousand TEUs (+19.7%) and the growth of +24.7% in goods conventional land, which amounted to 721 thousand tons, partially contrasted by the -2.1% drop in rolling stock down to 535 thousand Tons.

The overall decline in quarterly traffic was produced by the reduction of bulk volumes. In the segment of Liquid cargoes were handled 1.77 million tons (-5.4%), including 1.46 million tonnes of petroleum products refined (-4.5%) and 236 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (+13,0%). The decrease in dry bulk cargo was more marked than totalled 1.54 million tonnes (-22.5%), of which 515 thousand tons of minerals (+6.1%), 373 thousand tons of feed, fodder and oilseeds (+19.7%), 304 thousand tons of metallurgical products (-60.2%), 113 thousand tons of cereals (+83.8%), 95 thousand tons of coal (-51.4%), 34 thousand tons of chemical products (-36.1%) and 106 thousand tons of dry bulk (-8,9%).

In the passenger sector, cruise traffic marked an increase of +6.0% with 266 thousand passengers, of which 234 thousand at the disembarkation/embarkation (+5.3%) and 32 thousand in transit, while the traffic of ferries grew by +50.5% with 28 thousand passengers.

In the first nine months of 2025, the Venetian port of call handled 18.39 million tonnes, with an increase of +2.0% over the same period last year, of which 14.87 million tons of cargo at unloading (+1.9%) and 3.52 million tons at embarkation (+2.4%). Miscellaneous goods showed a increase in container traffic (4.09 million tonnes, +13.0%), unchanged rolling stock traffic (1.77 million tons, 0%) and a decline in conventional goods (1.87 million tons, -1.9%). Dry bulk cargo slightly increased with 5.40 million tons (+0.8%), while liquid waste was down by -2.1% to 5.25 million tons. Cruise passengers are 502 thousand (+7.7%).

In the period January-September of this year, the port of Chioggia, which with Venice falls under the jurisdiction of of the Port System Authority of the Adriatic Sea Northern, handled 638 thousand tons of goods (+7.2%), of which 365 thousand tons of dry bulk (-10.1%) and 272 thousand tons tons of miscellaneous goods (+43.4%).