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Ports of Catalonia. Movements of vessels and goods

Ports of Catalonia. Movements of vessels and goods 2024
Barcelona Tarragona Ports of the Generalitat Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Movement of vessels 8,383 2,327 173 10,883 166,615 6.5
Gross tonnage (thousands) 364,239 47,950 1,466 413,655 2,706,231 15.3
Movement of goods (thousands of tons) 67,830 31,675 1,417 100,922 542,079 18.6
General goods 49,342 1,690 102 51,134 278,529 18.4
Wholesale solids 4,799 9,227 1,315 15,341 84,764 18.1
Wholesale liquids 13,688 20,758 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 34,446 178,786 19.3
Movement of containers (thousands of TEU) 3,885 14 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 3,899 18,132 21.5
Source: Port de Barcelona. Port de Tarragona. Ports de la Generalitat. Puertos del Estado.
Notes:
Movement of goods: includes loaded and unloaded goods. Does not include food supplies, fishing or local movements.
TEU: twenty-foot equivalent unit.
Provisional data.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: December 2, 2025.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

General goods
Goods packaged in load units (sacks, crates, boxes, etc.) or units that can be counted.
Movement of vessels
Maritime journeys, depending on the nationality of the ports of origin and the destination they are called: exterior movement of vessels and coastal shipping.
Gross register tonnage (GRT)
Capacity of a vessel measured in Moorson tonnes, which are equivalent to 2.83 m³ of the decimal system, considering the loads, provisions and crew. From 1995 the measurement Gross tonnage (GT) was introduced to substitute it.

Methodological aspects

The autonomous ports of Barcelona and Tarragona provide, in their reports, statistics on the movements of boats, goods, containers, passengers and automobiles.

The Ports de la Generalitat company has responsibilities over the ports of Palamós, Vallcarca, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Sant Carles de la Ràpita and Alcanar. The total movement of all these ports is included under the name Generalitat ports.