Last year the traffic of the goods in the port of Livorno has grown of +2%



In the 2013 traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Livorno it has recorded an increase of +2% going up to 27,9 million tons regarding 27,4 million tons in the year precedence. The Harbour Authority of the Leighorn port of call has announced that the traffic of the container, with exclusion of the transfers, has been pairs to 559 thousand teu (+1.8%), of which 278,549 teu to disembarkation (+2.3%) and 280.631 teu to boarding (+1.4%). The single full containers have been pairs to 401 thousand teu (+0.2%) and those empty ones to 126 thousand teu (+3.3%). In the segment of the forest produced ones an increase of +23.9% and cellulose is found, coils, paper kraft and timber that have reached almost 1,5 million tons. In the field of the rotabili tons of goods regarding 9,8 million in 2012 are enlivened altogether 10 million, of which 4,9 million tons to disembarkation (+0.3%) and five million to boarding (+3.5%). The disembarked and boarded rotabili means to average Livorno are piled to 308 thousand (+1.4%). Last year the traffic of the bulk has totaled to 9,1 million tons (+1.9%), of which 8,4 million tons of liquid bulk (+0.7%) and 750 thousand tons of solid bulk (+17.5%). Handling of new motors vehicle of factory has been of 348 thousand vehicles (- 2.3%).

In the section of the passengers, the traffic produced from the ferries has shown an increase of +3% with a total of 1.821.000 units, while the arrived and left cruises have made to signal a decrement of the -29% regarding 2012 being from Livorno 736 thousand crocieristi.

In the 2013 port of Livorno it is climbed altogether by 6.759 ships, with a +3.3% regarding the 6,539 units in 2012.

While the harbour agency has announced that the ministry of the Atmosphere has as soon as communicated the wait approval of the project of dredging of the side north of the Italy Pier of the Leighorn port of call, work - has emphasized the harbour authority - particularly strategic because, once finished, will be able to allow the offshoring of the Cilp and the realization of an only crocieristico pole with the Alto Fondale terminal, so as expected from the Portuale Town development plan. The project was approved of in June of last year by the administrative technical Committee, near the Provveditorato of the public works Tuscany Umbria, and to July it was delivered to the responsibles of the ministry of the Atmosphere for the necessary appraisals. Now, after the green light of the ministry, the technicians of the Harbour Authority will proceed to the indiction of an international contest for the deepening to -13 meters of the before marine area the side north of the Italy Pier (whose side south had been capacity to -13 in 2012), for a value Made up of auction of about 11 million euros.