The merchandise traffic data corresponding to the first quarter of the year already point to a reduction of almost 5% with respect to the same period of the previous year, coinciding slightly with the first effects of the crisis derived from covid-19 and waiting to know the data for the second quarter, where presumably it will affect fully.
The ability of port companies to test the economy of a country is an empirical fact that, regardless of the current situation, works with very high levels of precision.
As the port sector is clearly dynamic and closely linked to the productive economy, Spanish companies and ports will continue to have the responsibility of maintaining supply chains, facilitating imports and exports and being, once again, a link critical to economic recovery.