• Liquid bulk maintains strong performance with a 3.6% increase, driven by the energy and chemical products sectors.
• Containers (TEUs) increased by 1.1%, with import-export growing by 2.3%.
22-10-2026 (State Ports Public Body). Cargo traffic through state-owned ports reached 420,623,593 tons in the first nine months of 2026, representing a 1.2% increase compared to the same period last year, despite rising fuel prices and geopolitical uncertainty, which continue to influence maritime traffic trends.
General cargo moderates its decline, registering a 0.2% decrease until September (-0.6% in August and -0.8% in July), with over 209 million tons moved. Of this, 142.6 million tons correspond to containerized cargo (-0.8%) and over 67 million tons (+1.1%) to conventional cargo.
TEUs experienced a 1.1% increase, exceeding 14 million in the first nine months of the year. Import-export saw a 2.3% growth.
Liquid bulk improved its figures with 138.3 million tons, representing a 3.6% increase year-to-date, driven by gasoline and chemical products. Solid bulk registered a slight decrease of 0.3%, with a cumulative total of 60.1 million tons.
Ro-ro traffic improved slightly, increasing by 0.4% to reach 56.7 million tons.
The number of merchant vessels in Spanish ports decreased by 1.1% to 123,237 units, with a 0.6% increase in gross tonnage.
Passenger traffic neared 33 million movements (32,998,746) until September, a 1.1% decrease compared to the same period last year.
