The activity of Port Réunion experienced significant growth in 2024, According to figures still provisional broadcast by the Grand Port Maritime. 5,912 million tonnes of goods were treated last year, 14 % more than in 2023. The record recorded in 2021 (6 million tonnes) is approached.
More than 377,000 EVP containers (twenty foot equivalent) were handled on the Reunion terminal in 2024, figure up 16 % compared to the previous year.
This performance is mainly due to transshipment container traffic, which experienced an increase of 64 % in EVP (115,000 units) compared to 2023, Despite a slowdown observed at the end of the year.
Excluding transhipment, Total traffic is slightly increased by 2 % compared to 2023. Solid real traffic increased by 7 % (1,041 million tonnes), mainly carried by imports of wooden pellets (Over 524,000 tonnes) which feed the power plants of Albioma. The export of bulk sugar is up 47 % compared to 2023, But the volume remains 21 % lower than the level reached in 2022. Cereal traffic is slightly withdrawn (-1 %), while the decline in bulk cement imports is confirmed (-27 %). On the other hand, The clinker ended the year 2024 up 41 %, with 134,800 tonnes imported. Liquid TRUCs increased by 6 %, with notable increases for kerosene (+10,7 %) and essence (+14,7 %).
However, The importation of bulk bitumen decreased by 14,6 % while the new liquid biomass traffic which feeds the EDF power station in Port is reached 276,000 tonnes imported last year. Conventional goods trafficking, In particular the cement in Big Bag, fell 68 % compared to 2023 (35,000 tonnes). Trafficking in vehicles and imported devices also fell 18 % (28,048 imported units), making 2024 the worst year of the last ten years in this sector.
Finally, Réunion port hosted 43,000 ocker passengers last year, twice as much as in 2023 : The recovery of the activity is effective after the fall due to the health crisis.
