2023-09-11 17:40:37
The Spanish Association for the Promotion of Short Distance Maritime Transport (SPC Spain) has published its report, according to which the sector is experiencing growth compared to the last half of 2022, although it does not reach the figures for the first half of that same year.
Regarding the global traffic of TMCD, which includes cabotage and bulk, a year-on-year decrease of 4.9% has been recorded. This is due to a decrease in foreign traffic of 9.1%, while cabotage has seen an increase of 12.2%. The only traffics that have shown increases are ro-ro cargo, with 4.2%, and solid bulk, with 2.1%, especially thanks to cabotage.
The international ro-ro TMCD, excluding goods vehicles, transported 14.1 million tons in the first half of 2023, representing an increase of 11.5% compared to the previous semester (second half of 2022) . However, compared to the first half of 2022, there was a decrease of 6.9%.
Analyzing by façades, the Mediterranean façade grew by 13.0% compared to the previous semester, but decreased by 7.5% compared to the first half of 2022. On the Atlantic façade, a certain stability is observed, with an increase 1.5% compared to the last half of 2022 and a decrease of 2.0% compared to the first half of 2022.
It is relevant to highlight the positive performance of the international TMCD of vehicles under merchandise regime, which experienced a substantial increase of 42.4% in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.
When analyzing the flows by countries of origin and destination, it is observed that on the Atlantic side there was growth in flows with Ireland (26.6%) and France (17.7%). On the other hand, in the Mediterranean area, decreases were recorded in all countries, with negative rates of 8.1% in Italy and 4.5% in Morocco. It is highlighted that the increase in flows with Morocco in the first half of 2022 was exceptional.
Regarding the supply of TMCD alternative to the road in the first half of 2023, a positive interannual variation in the capacity offered is observed on both facades. On the Atlantic side, there was a slight increase of 0.7%, going from 1.26 to 1.27 million linear meters, while on the Mediterranean side, the capacity offered increased significantly by 14.0%, reaching 3 .3 million linear meters from the previous 2.9 million.
As a result of the evolution of supply and demand, the occupancy level in the first half of 2023 was reduced to 65.3%, being notably lower on the Atlantic façade (56.1%) compared to the Mediterranean façade (68 .9%).
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