If in 2025 the traffic of goods in the port of Augusta is remained almost stable, mainly thanks to the contribution of of containerized cargo traffic that previously took place took place in the port of Catania ( of 25 March 2024), in the latter port, the volumes of goods recorded a sharp contraction due, in addition to the residual effects of the loss of container traffic, including the reduction of rolling stock and dry bulk volumes.

In particular, last year the port of Augusta handled a total of 22.86 million tons of cargo, with a slight decrease of -0.6% on 2024 which was determined by a +7.5% increase in goods on landing, amounted to 14.37 million tonnes, offset by a decline of -11.8% of those on boarding, down to 8.49 million tons. In the liquid bulk sector, the total figure was 20.84 million tonnes (-2.5%), of which 12.10 million tonnes tons of refined petroleum products (-9.5%), 7.76 million of tonnes of crude oil (+19.0%), 488 thousand tonnes of gaseous, liquefied or compressed petroleum products and natural gas (-47.6%), 449 thousand tons of chemicals (-19.2%) and 44 thousand tons of chemicals tons of other liquid cargo. Dry bulk is amounted to 1.25 million tons (+2.9%), including 865 thousand tons tons of minerals and building materials (+5.8%), 163 thousand tons of metallurgical products (-31.1%), 70 thousand tons of chemicals, type of goods absent in 2024, and 150 thousand tons of other dry bulk (+8.5%). In the segment of container traffic was 773 thousand tons (+91.6%) and was made with a handling of containers equal to 75,689 TEUs (+91.9%).

Last year, the port of Catania handled globally 6.26 million tonnes of goods (-20.4%), of which 4.15 million tonnes tons of cargo on landing (-19.6%) and 2.11 million tons at embarkation (-22.0%). In the miscellaneous goods sector, the residual traffic of containerized cargo was 16 thousand tonnes (-88.3%) and that of rolling stock by 5.92 million tonnes tons (-19.5%). The total dry bulk was of 324 thousand tons (-12.2%), of which 130 thousand tons of metallurgical products (-14.6%), 60 thousand tons of foodstuffs food, feed and oilseeds (+276.8%), 72 thousand tons of cereals (-59.6%), 32 thousand tons of minerals and materials to be construction (+177.8%), 12 thousand tons of chemicals (+67.1%) and 19 thousand tons of other dry bulk (+247.1%). In addition, in 2025 cruise traffic in the port of Catania is 206 thousand passengers (-4.9%), of which 56 thousand at the disembarkation/embarkation (-0.1%) and 150 thousand in transit (-6.5%).

Among the other ports included in the jurisdiction of the Authority of the Port System of the Eastern Sicilian Sea, in 2025 the port of Pozzallo handled 2.12 million tons of goods (+10,7%). Dry bulk alone amounted to 1.27 million tons (+26.6%), of which 534 thousand tons of cereals (+4.2%), 349 thousand tons of minerals and building materials (+25.6%), 180 thousand tons of chemicals (+66.9%), 128 thousand tons of foodstuffs, feed and oilseeds (+255.1%), 66 thousand tons of metallurgical products (+96.0%) and 11 thousand tons of other dry bulk (+175.9%). In the field of miscellaneous goods, 732 thousand tons of rolling stock (-9.0%) and 122 thousand tons of rolling stock were handled tons of goods in containers (+10.9%).

The port of Syracuse, which was included in the jurisdiction of the Port Authority with Law No. 28 of 15 March 2024, closed 2025 with a traffic of 12.41 million tons of liquid bulk cargo, of which 8.05 million tonnes of products refined petroleum, 4.30 million tons of oil crude oil, 56 thousand tons of gaseous petroleum products, liquefied or compressed and natural gas and 3 thousand tons of products chemicals. The traffic of liquid goods is also accompanied by the cruise traffic which in 2025 was 69 thousand passengers, almost all at disembarkation/embarkation.