December 13, 2024
In 2023, the EU ports recorded 395.3 million passengers, marking a 5.8% increase compared with 2022 (374.0 million). However, the number of passengers was 5.5% lower than the pre-COVID levels of 2019.
In 2023, 11 EU countries, each with more than 10 million passengers, accounted for 97% of all seaborne passenger transport in the EU.
Italian ports recorded the highest number of passengers: 85.4 million, or 22% of the EU total.
Greek ports followed with 75.0 million passengers (19% of the EU total) and Denmark with 41.2 million passengers (10%).
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20241209-2
Photo: Messina, Mike Louagie
