Drastic decrease of the traffic of the passengers in the port of Olbia



Last month the two Gallura ports of Olbia and Golfo Aranci have accused a consisting loss of 235.682 passengers regarding recorded traffic in July 2010. Last month, in fact, the two ports of call have enlivened 802,004 passengers, with a bending of 22.7% regarding 1.037.686 passengers in July 2010. The single port of Olbia has enlivened 590,033 passengers (- 29,8), while the traffic to Golfo Aranci has been of 211.971 passengers (+7.3%). The two ports have totaled the ports of call of 1.142 ships (- 6.2%), of which 898 to Olbia (- 12.0%) and 244 to Golfo Aranci (+24.5%).

In the first seven months of the 2011 traffic of the passengers in the ports of Olbia and Golfo Aranci it has been altogether of 1.900.625 units, with a decrease of 22.2% (- 542,530 passengers) regarding the correspondent period last year. The traffic to Olbia has been of 1.423.346 passengers (- 27.2%) and to Golfo Aranci of 477.279 passengers (- 1.9%). In the period the two ports are scaled by 4.410 ships (- 16.7%), of which 3,545 to Olbia (- 20.2%) and 865 to Golfo Aranci (+1.8%).

Commenting such data, the Harbour Authority of the Sardinia North has evidenced as the decided decrease of the traffic of the slid one to Olbia constitutes a "obvious sign that the continuous crisis to increase, in spite of the season of the vacations by now has entered in the alive one". Golfo Aranci, instead, has suffered positively of the start of the new marine line with Civitavecchia realized from the Saremar, company of the Sardinia Region, that june is inaugurated to half ( on 14 June 2011). "The institution of a new line with the port of Civitavecchia - it has confirmed the harbour agency - has guaranteed an increment of 7.26% on the traffic volume. Only in July in according to port of call of the Gallura they have arrived and left beyond 14.340 passengers in more regarding the same period of 2010. A gradual increase, begun from the june month, with the income of a new ship on the route with the Latium port that has guaranteed an ulterior slice of market to the port golfoarancino, but that still it must last year overwhelm difference of 2% regarding the total one of the seven months".

"Unfortunately - the president of the Harbour Authority has restated, Paolo Piro - the July data confirm our fears. In various for transport marine occasions I have already had a chance for announce that it would have been a dramatic month, and the data of Olbia of is the more obvious confirmation. Means million passengers in less regarding 2010, the 250 thousand one of which only in last the 30 days, they bring back the White Island behind ten-year-old in the Italian harbour system".

Piro has emphasized that draft of a phenomenon unprecedented that risks to compromise the entire economy of the island: "creed, by now - it has explained - than the root cause does not go searched exclusively in the dear one ferries, also because the companies, own in order to tackle to collapse of the reservations, have reduced the prices of the travel tickets. It is obvious that entire Italy is suffering remarkable an economic crisis and that the uncertainty has pushed the Italians, and not only, to reduce the budgets on hand for the holidays. To confirmation of this, they turn out given negatives to us also in great part of the other ports of the peninsula. But my main fear, as I have many times over announced - it has continued - is that our Sardinia is losing its appeal and that the worse one must arrive to season end, when is time of budgets. I only hope that, to August, although the signs of the first days are not completely positive, can be to us a radical change of direction, favorite from sure more reasonable prices of travel".

"The data of Golfo Aranci - it has found Piro - is sure a ray of hope in the dark total of 2011. The institution of a new line, for how much the east north of the island from the vice of the crisis does not to set upright again completely, has introduced some optimism between the operators. Fourteen thousand passengers in more to July will not serve certainly to re-balance the financial ruin of 250 thousand of the same period to Olbia. But it is always an encouraging sign that we look with attention".

Sul forehead of the goods the port of Olbia has enlivened last month 542,950 tons (- 10.6%), while in the first seven months of the 2011 traffic it has been of 3.685.429 tons (+1.9%). "The decrease on the amount of goods transported in July to Olbia - Piro has oservato - is a clean consequence of a tourist season dimly. Decrease of presences, means also reduction of the question of assets and, therefore, here the mathematical confirmation of the last data that, I am worried, can be dragged in its negatività also for next the two months". To Golfo Aranci they are not enlivened goods, while the port of call has recorded a resumption of the traffic on past guided means that in June and July has grown respective of +6% and of +22%.