In the period April-June 2026, freight traffic in the port of Venice has suffered a slight decrease due to the modest reduction in the volumes of miscellaneous goods and a more marked decline in liquid bulk cargo. Globally, there have been 6.32 million tons handled, with a decrease of -1.2% in the second half of 2025, of which 5.14 million tonnes of goods on landing (-2.3%) and 1.27 million tons on loading (+4,0%).

Total miscellaneous goods amounted to 2.58 million tons (-1.6%), with only one containerized traffic that marked a growth of +4.0% rising to 1.42 million tons with container handling of 132,718 TEUs (+3.5%), while rolling stock and other miscellaneous goods decreased by going down respectively to 610 thousand tons (-5.3%) and 546 thousand tons (-10,1%). In the liquid bulk sector, the overall figure is state of 1.56 million tonnes (-12.9%), of which 1.31 million tonnes tons of refined petroleum products (-7.6%), 185 thousand tons of chemicals (-35.6%) and 67 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (-24.5%). Dry bulk was 2.18 million tons (+9.8%), including 640 thousand tons of minerals (+0.9%), 546 thousand tons of metallurgical products (+31.8%), 508 thousand tons of feed, fodder and oilseeds (+16.0%), 190 thousand tons of cereals (+94.0%), 139 thousand tons of coal (-19.6%), 38 thousand tons of chemicals (-49.8%) and 115 thousand tons of other dry bulk (-22.7%).

In the second quarter of this year, passengers in Venice There were 19 thousand ferries (-5.4%) and 193 thousand cruise passengers (-15.3%), of which 179 thousand on disembarkation/embarkation (-12.7%) and 14 thousand on disembarkation transit (-38.4%).

In the first six months of 2026, total freight traffic was remained stable having been 12.28 million tons, of which 4.12 million tonnes of dry bulk cargo, an increase of +8.5% on the first half of 2025, 3.10 million tons of liquid bulk (-11.0%), 2.82 million tons of cargo containerized (+8.4%) with a container handling of 264,069 TEUs (+4.6%), 1.19 million tonnes of rolling stock (-3.5%) and 1.06 million tons of other miscellaneous goods (-7.8%).

In the first half of this year, in the Venetian port and ferry traffic, which was the result of 24 thousand passengers (-11.0%), and that of cruises with A total of 204 thousand passengers (-13.1%), of which 189 thousand as home port (-10.9%) and 15 thousand in transit (-33.7%).

In the first six months of 2026, the port of Chioggia, also part of the jurisdiction of the Port System Authority of the Northern Adriatic Sea, handled 470 thousand tons of goods (+14.0%), of which 226 thousand tons of dry bulk cargo (-5.9%) and 244 thousand tons of miscellaneous goods (+42.0%).