Valenciaport recorded positive growth in import and export activity in August 2026, reinforcing its role as a gateway for the Spanish economy, while transshipment traffic fell, weighing on overall container figures for the month. Full export containers loaded at Valenciaport’s docks reached 78,614 TEUs, a 7.14% increase on August 2025, while full import containers totalled 94,888 TEUs, up 6.30%. Transit maritime traffic, however, declined 10.78%, pulling the overall container total for the month down 4.16% to 467,089 TEUs compared to the same month last year. Year-to-date through August, Valenciaport has handled a cumulative 3,746,208 TEUs, a 1.70 percent decrease, while the trailing twelve-month figure stands at 5,597,849 TEUs, down 0.74 percent. In tonnage terms, August cargo reached 6,397,007 tonnes, up 1.33% year-on-year. Year-to-date tonnage through August totalled 52,647,748 tonnes, down 2.63%, while the twelve-month rolling figure stood at 78,640,694 tonnes, down 2.28%. Bulk cargo and non-containerised general cargo delivered positive results. Liquid bulk grew 6.14 percent to 2.65 million tonnes, dry bulk rose 1.61 percent to 1.6 million tonnes, and non-containerised general cargo increased 2.53 percent to 10.75 million tonnes, indicating broad underlying trade activity beyond the container segment. The post Valenciaport import and export volumes rise in August appeared first on Container News .