Spanish Ports on pre-pandemic levels
From January to April 2022, the Spanish ports (Puertos del Estado) handled a total of 180.3 million t of goods, an uptick of 5.4% compared to the four first months of 2021 and almost on the same level as in 2019 (-0.8%).
All commodities recorded significant increases except for containers. Conventional general cargo totalled 27.2 million t (+9.7%), 4.5% more than in the same period of 2019, while containerised cargo (62.8 million t) fell by 5.2% compared to the previous year and by 3.1% compared to 2019.
Ro-ro cargo traffic registered a notable increase again (+10.7% compared to 2021) and totalled 22.9 million t. Along with conventional general cargo, it is the only item that exceeded pre-pandemic values (+6.4%).
In Q1/2022, liquid bulk (60 million t) increased by 12.9% compared to the same period in 2021, practically reaching pre-pandemic values (+0.2%), followed by solid bulk surging by 12.5% to 30.3 million t (-2.7% compared to 2019). (sh)