Misrata Free Zone (MFZ) yesterday released data for its shipping and cargo operations for the period 2020 to 2025.
Number of containers (TEUs):
– 685 TEUs – 2025 – a 22 percent increase in the number of containers on 2024
– 560 TEUs – 2024
– 615 TEUs – 2023
– 460 TEUs – 2022
– 440 TEUs – 2021
– 382 TEUs – 2020
General goods:
2025: 972,630 metric tonnes – plus 42.57 %
2024: 682,236 metric tonnes – plus 134.51 %
2023: 290,919 metric tonnes – minus 3.42 %
2022: 301,221 metric tonnes – minus 17.08 %
2021: 363,265 metric tonnes – minus 24.19 %
2020: 551,965 metric tonnes
Grains in tonnes:
2025: 1.44 million metric tonnes
2024: 1.21 million metric tonnes
2023: 1.57 million metric tonnes
2022: 680,000 metric tonnes
2021: 840,000 metric tonnes
2020: 880,000 metric tonnes
Number of incoming ships:
2025: 1,376 – plus 12.9 %
2024: 1,219 – plus 0.99 %
2023: 1,207 – plus 10.43 %
2022: 1,093 – minus 5.3 %
2021: 1,154 – plus 16.7 %
2020: 989
MFZ said these figures strengthen its presence as an integrated logistics hub. It said they embody an upward trajectory of cumulative growth over the past years, reflecting a tangible development in operational performance efficiency and a growing economic role for it within the regional and international trade and transport system, thus consolidating its position as a promising logistics hub and a strategic lever for the national economy.
