Merlon (AP Genoa): in 2012 our port it has held the crisis thanks to the investments and to the job of the harbour community well



In the course of the reunion today's of the Harbour Committee of Genoa the Harbour Authority has introduced the year-end relation 2012 on the activities of the port having illustrated the numerous objectives reached in the course of the year, first of all the estate in front of the crisis of the traffic. "The total traffics of the port of Genoa - it has remembered the agency - have been attested in fact 51,4 million to tons, with an light bending regarding the volumes of 2011. Moreover the commercial member, by far preponderant regarding that manufacturer, has recorded an light increment, hauled from the traffics of goods containerized (+8.8% in tons)".

"Thanks to the investments and to the job of the harbour community - the president of the Harbour Authority has commented, Luigi Merlo - our port has held the crisis with optimal results well is in terms of traffics that of investments. In the increase container we are second in Europe".

The genoese harbour authority in fact has emphasized that "the analysis of the data found from the European Sea Port Organisation (ESPO) for 2012 says that the port of Genoa, on the whole, has answered rather well to the crisis respect to other harbour truths. In particular, confronting the variations regarding year 2011 of some between the main European ports, single Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Bremerhaven have marked of the increments against a substantial maintenance of the total traffics for Genoa and Dunkerque and of more or less marked bendings for the other ports. The ports of call of Valencia and London have recorded the decrease more meaningful continuations from the Havre and Zeebrugge. Observing moreover the containerized traffics, the port of Genoa signals one of the greater increments, only preceded from Marseilles. In the 2012 traffics of goods containerized they have been in all respects the section towing of the port of only Genoa and that has recorded a marked increase regarding the year precedence, with an increment of 11.8% in terms of teu and 8.8% in terms of tons, exceeding so two the million teu. To notice - it has specified the harbour agency - than has recorded a new increment of the exchanges with the North Africa, second geographic area of reference for the conventional traffics. Such increment is general staff for the goods in export (+5.8%) that for those in import (+3,4%). They are signaled, moreover, increments in the traffics with the Middle East and Africa Occidentale, also in this case riconducibili to the goods in export".

"It deserves a note besides - it has still found the harbour agency - the development in the course of 2012 of the railway traffics that in fact have recorded a marked increment passing from 113,3 to 129,3 thousands of enlivened loaded wagons, with an increase of 14% approximately. Regarding instead the passengers to a bending of the ferries a good estate of the cruises has corresponded. the traffic of the cruises in fact has made to record 797,239 presences in the 2012 with a substantial maintenance of the presences regarding the year precedence. The result of the port of Genoa - it has specified the authority - is rather positive if account of the fact holds that in Italy in the 2012 movement crocieristi has recorded the first decrease from 2003".

"The port - it has evidenced the Harbour Authority - has held the crisis above all thanks to the investments well on the harbour infrastructures that the operators have maintained in spite of the impact of the economic crisis. In particular, it is important to evidence as from 2007 to the 2011 are invested about 90 million euros of which 45 million (50%) reported to the field container, 22 million about to the segment dedicated to handling conventional/container (multipurpose) and remaining 26% to the section of liquid and solid bulk handling. To notice also the prosecuzione of the engagement of the Harbour Authority on the front of the communitarian projects that have been concentrated particularly on infrastructures and the logistic corridors".

In occasion of the today's reunion the Harbour Committee has welcomed to Maurizio Fasce, new president of the association of the genoese shippers Spediporto, which succeeded to Roberta Oliaro who today sits in Parliament.