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Ports of Catalonia. Movements of vessels and goods

Ports of Catalonia. Movements of vessels and goods 2023
Barcelona Tarragona Ports of the Generalitat Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Movement of vessels 8,766 2,424 178 11,368 164,467 6.9
Gross tonnage (thousands) 374,300 50,067 1,177 425,544 2,638,852 16.1
Movement of goods (thousands of tons) 383,066 52,491 1,355 436,912 2,803,319 15.6
General goods 44,747 1,744 83 46,574 262,509 17.7
Wholesale solids 4,795 10,161 1,091 16,047 90,547 17.7
Wholesale liquids 12,919 20,567 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 33,486 175,279 19.1
Movement of containers (thousands of TEU) 3,280 34 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 3,314 16,374 20.2
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 13, 2024.

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.