In 2026, the port of Rijeka travels in two directions. On one side there is the Luka Rijeka, which handles various goods, bulk and a more small container, and which has grown in the first nine months. On the other hand, there is the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal, the container terminal 49% owned by Luka Rijeka itself and the 51% from the Philippine ICTSI, which lost volumes in the first half of the year.

In the first nine months of this year, the total traffic of the fell by -15.0% over the same period in 2025 dropping to 3.83 million tonnes. Luka Rijeka is increased by +3.4% having handled 1.29 million tons, while the container terminal participated suffered a decline -22.1% with 2.54 million tons handled.

With regard to the traffic handled by Luka Rijeka alone, The company has announced that the various goods have recorded a increase of +16.5% with a total of 561 thousand tons in which timber and metallurgical products dominate, while the greatest increase in It has been marked by metal products and vehicles. Bulk fell by -3.0% to 600 thousand tons, while goods containerized containers fell by -12.8% to 130 thousand tons.

In terms of twenty-foot containers handled, in the first nine months of this year Luka Rijeka totaled 78,469 (+18.5%), while Adriatic Gate handled 254,798 TEUs (-25.6%).

In the third quarter of 2026 alone, the total number of goods handled was 1.16 million tonnes, with a decrease of -22.0% on the corresponding period of last year, of which 341 thousand tons handled by Luka Rijeka (-14.3%) and 821 thousand from Adriatic Gate (-24.8%). The containers alone were equal 31,523 TEUs for Luka Rijeka (+57.9%) and 80,345 TEUs for Adriatic Gate (-28.8%).