Valenciaport Container Traffic Grows 5.48% in September, Driven by Exports
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Valenciaport handled 498,837 TEUs during September 2026, representing a 5.48% increase compared to the same month last year, according to data from the Statistics Office of the Valencia Port Authority. The growth was driven by a 5.68% rise in full container exports and an 11.68% increase in imports, while transshipment eased its decline to 0.82%, with 179,002 full containers in transit. Total cargo handled in September reached 6.6 million tonnes, up 2.05%.
Year-on-Year Balance Weighed Down by Transshipment
Over the trailing twelve months, the ports of València, Sagunto and Gandia handled 5,623,753 TEUs, just 30 containers fewer than in the previous period, and 78.7 million tonnes, down 1.56%. So far this year, between January and September, the port system moved 4.2 million TEUs (-0.91%) and 59.2 million tonnes (-2.13%). Within this cumulative total, full container exports totaled 681,113 TEUs (+0.31%), imports reached 856,431 TEUs (+10.02%), and transshipment fell 9.81%, to 1,552,065 full containers.
Performance by Cargo Type
The cumulative breakdown by cargo type shows increases in dry bulk (+4.58%), liquid bulk (+0.85%) and non-containerized general cargo (+2.40%), while containerized cargo declined 3.80%, in line with the negative performance of transshipment.
China Consolidates Its Trade Leadership
China remained Valenciaport's leading international market, with 714,691 TEUs handled between January and September, up 15.07%, and 7.66 million tonnes, up 15.75%. The United States ranked second in container traffic with 246,237 TEUs (-14.71%), followed by Algeria with 225,257 TEUs (-7.22%) and Turkey with 142,081 TEUs (-18.98%). In tonnage terms, Italy was the second-largest foreign market with 4.53 million tonnes (-12.53%), ahead of the United States with 4.38 million tonnes (-3.43%) and Algeria with just over three million tonnes (-16.28%).
Vehicle Traffic and Regular Line Passengers Both Up
Vehicle traffic handled as cargo reached 404,543 units between January and September, up 8.77% compared to the same period in 2025, while on a trailing twelve-month basis it totaled 557,091 vehicles, a 5.92% increase. Regarding passenger traffic, Valenciaport recorded 1,152,887 passengers in the first nine months of the year, down 12.45%, with regular line passengers growing 1.88% to 696,662 people, while cruise passengers fell 27.93% to 456,225.
