Increase of the transport goods in Italy in the first semester, but with signs of slow down in recent months



The conjunctural note of Confetra (General Confederation Italiana of the Transports and the Logistics) relative to the first semester of 2011 evidences an estate of the trend of increase of the section of the transport goods in Italy that - it has explained the organization - still turns out online with the begun resumption last year. However, if the data found from the companies of the section show a positive course, signs of slow down in recent months of the semester are recorded.

Altogether in the first six months of this year in the international traffics the marine and railway shipments have totaled both increments of +7% and those aerial of +5%, while in national the street transport the increase regarding the first semester of 2010 is of +3% is for transport to loaded suit that for transport to collettame. Financial ruin, instead, of the national railway traffic, that it has marked -21%.

"The data found in the first semester of this year - it has observed the president of the Confetra, Fausto Forti - sure indicate a phase of resumption, but with disomogenei values for merceologici fields and geographic areas and with some worrisome sign of slow down beginning from May. If the aerial transport is excluded, del_resto, we are still far from the recovery of the levels pre-crisis of 2008. The collapse of national the railway cargo evidently does not have some relation with the total volumes of the traffic goods, but it is consequence of precise aziendalistiche choices of FS Spa, in absence of a political project of reference for this field. It is a state of the things that will have to be faced and resolved as soon as possible".

Relatively to the volume of transactions, regarding international shipments the positive trend of the marine transport with a +8% of the turnover in the first semester of 2011 is continued, while the turnover of the aerial transport has grown of +2% regarding the same period of 2010. National and international the transports on rubber, to loaded suit have recorded increments of the turnover of +2% in national within and +5% in international within. The national transports of collettame (couriers) have closed the first semester of this year with an increase of +3% of the turnover. The railway modality has totaled an increase of +5% of the turnover and shipments on the road of +2%.

Confetra has announced that the subdivision for geographic areas confirmation, is for shipment number is for turnover, persistent vitality of some emergent economies: Asia +10% for shipments and +16% for turnover, Center-South America +7% shipments and +13% turnover. The mature economies (USA and UE27) more find contained increments: North America +4% shipments and +1% turnover, UE27 +4% is for shipments is for turnover. To signal the increment of Europe of the East: +7% shipments and +8% turnover. The relative data to Japan, +2% shipments +3% turnover, strongly suffer of the seismic events of March that of it have slowed down the increase. Africa, instead, strongly discounts the political perturbations of the so-called Arabic spring, than ago to record the only data negatives in international shipments: -11% (shipments) and -6% (turnover).

The heavy means transits along the main alpine passes have recorded positive values: +2% to the Frejus, +6.3% to Traforo of Monte Bianco, +1.8% to Brenner.

In resumption also the traffic container in the greater Italian ports. Some ports of call evidence very positive variations: Venice +21.6%, Trieste +18.4%, Taranto +17.5%, Ravenna +17%, Bari +12%. Positive increment also for the ports of call of La Spezia +8.7%, Ancona +7.3%, Genoa +6.6% and Livorno +2%. Gioia Tauro (- 0.7%) close instead first semester 2011 in negative, together with Naples (- 0.6%).

The air traffic goods on the whole has totaled an increase of +8.6%, with tips of +11,2% for Milanese pole Malpensa+Linate and +8.3% for Bergamo Orio al Serio. The roman pole Ciampino+Fiumicino has accused a decrement pairs to -3,7%.

Course transport goods January-june 2011 regarding same period 2010 Survey by Centro Studi Confetra
Course transport goods January-june 2011 regarding same period 2010 Survey by Centro Studi Confetra

Transport on the road (comprised arranged)
	Travels	Turnover
Complete Naz.	+3%	+2%
Internaz. Suit	+4%	+5%
	Deliveries	Turnover
Naz. Colletame (couriers)	+3%	+3%

International shipments
	Shipments	Turnover
Airplane	+5%	+2%
Railroad	+7%	+5%
Sea	+7%	+8%
Road	+3%	+2%
UE27	+4%	+4%
East Europe	+7%	+8%
America north	+4%	+1%
America Center-south	+7%	+13%
Japan	+2%	+3%
Asia	+10%	+16%
Africa	-11%	-6%



Course transport goods in the course of first semester 2011 Survey various sources

Type		Period	Variation	Fonte
Highway traffic (vehicles x km)		gen-giu 2011	+2.6%	AISCAT
Railway traffic (t x km)				ASSOFER
	National	gen-giu 2011	-21,0%
	International	gen-giu 2011	+10.0%
Air traffic (total compr. Aviocamionato, tonn.)		gen-giu 2011	+8.6%	Assaeroporti
of which:	Linate+Malpensa	gen-giu 2011	+11.2%
	Ciampino+Fiumicino	gen-giu 2011	-3,7%
	Bergamo Orio al Serio	gen-giu 2011	+8.3%
Traffic maritt. container				Harbour authorities
	Ancona	gen-giu 2011	+7.3%
	Bari	gen-giu 2011	+12.0%
	Genoa	gen-giu 2011	+6.6%
	Joy tauro	gen-giu 2011	-0,7%
	La Spezia	gen-giu 2011	+8.7%
	Livorno	gen-giu 2011	+2.0%
	Naples	gen-giu 2011	-0,6%
	Ravenna	gen-mag 2011	+17.0%
	Taranto	gen-giu 2011	+17.5%
	Trieste	gen-giu 2011	+18.4%
	Venice	gen-giu 2011	+21.6%

Pass (vehicles x km)				AISCAT, SITAF
	Frejus	gen-giu 2011	+2.0%
	I tunnel Monte Bianco	gen-giu 2011	+6.3%
	Brenner	gen-giu 2011	+1.8%

(N.B.: the Aiscat data expresses the vehicle-km, while that Confetra is reported to the number of carried out travels; the Assaeroporti data is expressed in tons, that relative one to the containers, of source Harbour Assoporti and Autorità, in TEU, while that Confetra is measured in both cases in shipment number).