In 2007 the EBIDTA/R indicators are positive. The firms that supply port services and general services have the highest values. The ROS indicator, net of amortization, generally presents much lower values with a negative value in the case of rail transport. The group of indicators that have the returns in the numerator (ROA, ROI and ROE) presents high values in the case of the firms offering services to goods, or general services. Road transport has a negative ROI, rail transport a negative ROA and ROE, and the construction sector a negative ROE. The firms that supply services to goods, as well as the labour pools, being characterized by low levels of equity, have high ROE values. Overall, the firms’ transport-related activities in the FVG port system have in 2007 an average ROE equal to 11.07; a relatively good profitability, compared with the 6.85 value of the firms that perform manufacturing activities within the same area.