Spanish ports back on track
According to the latest figures published by the Spanish Puertos del Estado, Spain’s ports moved 548.0 million t of goods in 2022. This is 3% more cargo than in 2021 and 0.7% less than in 2019. Despite the economic slowdown which set in late last year, throughput at the Spanish ports recovered strongly and practically returned to pre-pandemic levels.
Compared to 2021, the solid bulk (+10.8%), conventional general cargo (+7.3%) and liquid bulk (+6.9%) segments were especially successful. Containerised cargo volumes declined (-5.4%) however, a sign of a return to normality.
In comparison to 2019 levels, general cargo (+6.2%) and solid bulk (+3.7%) increased, while liquid bulk (-2.4%) and containerised cargo (-4.0%) decreased. Ro-ro cargo grew by 8.6% in 2022 compared to 2021 and was 7.8% higher than in 2019. (sh)