| A -16.9% drop in loads on unloading and a +6.8% increase in those on boarding |
In the first quarter of 2025, Tunisian ports handled 7.01 million tons of goods, with a decrease of -2.6% on the corresponding period of last year which was determined by the sharp contraction of -16.9% in goods which amounted to 2.37 million tonnes, while those on disembarkation increased by +6.8% to 4.64 million Tons, informare reports on Friday.
In addition, the overall reduction in traffic was caused by the decline in bulk volumes with the exception of cereals which, with 1.27 million tonnes, recorded a growth of +6,7%. Other dry bulk cargo decreased by -20.1% to 1.29 million tons and hydrocarbons and other liquid bulk cargo, with volumes of 2.12 million tons (-5.1%) and 206 thousand tons (-25.1%), adds the same source.
On the other hand, there was a sharp increase in the number of miscellaneous goods that totalled 2.13 million tons (+12.9%), of which 983 thousand tons of containerized goods (+2.3%) made with a handling of containers equal to 125 thousand TEUs (+9.8%), 564 thousand tons of ro-ro cargo (+5.2%) and 508 thousand tons of other miscellaneous cargo (+49,6%).
Concerning the individual ports, traffic in the port of Rades is 1.59 million tonnes (+5.1%), in the port of Sfax 1.34 million tons (+19.2%), in the port of Skhira by 1.23 million tons (-5.0%), in the port of Bizerte of 1.22 million tons (-5.0%), in the port of Gabes of 625 thousand tons (-37.3%), in the port of Sousse of 427 thousand tons (-2.3%), in the port of La Goulette of 314 thousand tons (+23.0%) and in the port of Zarzis of 259 thousand tons (-9.5%).
Cruise passenger traffic was 51 thousand passengers compared to only a little more than a thousand in the first three months of the 2024.
