The following release was published by Port of Valencia:
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The volume of unloading TEUs (import) handled by Valenciaport in May grew by 2.36%
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Rail transport continues on an upward trend and during the first five months of this year a total of 95,470 TEUs entered and left the Valencian docks by rail: 1,375,558 tons were moved, up 12.56%
However, the trend of declines that Valenciaport shares with the major ports of the world still persists, in terms of the big figures, although in this case the docks of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV) show signs of moderation: the general traffics of May fell less than the annual averages. Thus, we see that calculated in tons, the goods managed by Valenciaport in May were 6.66% lower than those of the previous year and containers 6.22% less. Figures that begin to move away from the inter-annual trend that is almost double, since in tons, the accumulated decreases in the last 12 months are still 9.79%; and in calculated in containers, 12.16%.
In spite of these lights, the traffics are still affected by the first indicators of technical recession that the statistics of some Central European countries have detected. However, what no one escapes is inflation and geopolitical uncertainty, factors that are affecting economic and commercial activity in certain sectors.
In the traffic, data of the Statistical Bulletin of the month of May of Valenciaport referred to the first five months of 2023. The analysis reflects a drop of 10.69% in the volume of containers handled in this period, which reached the figure of 1,969,493 TEUs (standard 20-foot container). Despite this, for the second time this year there is a sign of recovery in Valenciaport’s activity and the data for the month of May begin to show signs of stability: import container traffic recovers and grows by 2.36%.
Source: Port of Valencia