Last year the traffic of the passengers in the port of Genoa is dropped of -5,3%



Last year Marine Stations Spa, the society that manages handling of the passengers in the port of Genoa, have recorded a traffic total of 2.744.968 passengers, with a decrease of the -5,3% against the 2.899.193 of 2013. The decrement has had to the passengers of the cruises, that they are diminished by 1.050.085 in 2013 to 824.109 in 2014 (- 21.5%). The number of the passengers of the ferries instead has grown from the 1.849.108 passengers of 2013 to 1.920.859 passengers last year (+3.9%).

Marine stations have specified that the traffic of the crocieristi has been of 571.463 passengers home port (- 12%) and 252,646 in transit (- 37%) and that the imputable decrease mainly to these last ones has had to the 17 carried out ports of call in less from ships of the Royal Caribbean group and to the 31 ports of call in less of the Pullmantur, companies that in the 2013 they have landed to Genoa with a consisting number of passengers in transit. Always important and majority the MSC presence Cruises, than in 2014 has very carried in the genoese terminals 670,370 passengers having confirmed its radication in from Liguria port, hub strategic of the company in the Mediterranean. Moreover Marine Stations have marked the traffic of the cruise ship Luck of the P&O Cruises, a new acquisition of home port that in 2014 it has transported about 78.000 passengers.

In the segment of the ferries the traffic of motors vehicle has been of 687.007 units (+1.5%), that of motion of 42.037 units (+13.1%) and that of the commercial rotabili of 1.928.364 linear meters (+4.8%). Regarding how much happened during the last few years - it has found Marine Stations - the traffic you ferry has invert the tendency to the decrease making to record encouraging percentages of increment. On the lines with the Sardinia 50,409 passengers in more are enlivened regarding 2013, with the Corsica 30,440 passengers in more and with the Africa North he has been maintained substantially stable with single 5,567 passengers in more regarding 2013. Down instead the Sicily (- 14,886 passengers). To evidence - it has specified the company - the increment of the commercial traffic on all the lines: in particular by and for the Sardinia 48,080 linear meters in more are enlivened, while with the Sicily the increment has been of 33.963 linear meters.

For the 2015 Marine Stations it previews a content increment of the traffic you ferry, with percentages of increase that they very make however to hope in a confirmation of the evidenced positive trend in 2014. The traffic cruises previews last year instead in contained decrease because of changes of routes of MSC Cruises and the positioning on Genoa by P&O Cruises of a smaller ship regarding that to cause - it has explained Marine Stations - of the limitations of tonnage taxes to the port of Venice, only port of call besides Genoa where the company carries out operations of home port in the within of the route of 15 days. In MSC traffic Cruises one will attest around the 600,000 units and that of P&O around the 60,000 units. To evidence the acquisition of 10 ports of call of the Princess Cruises, that they will carry in transit to Genoa about 30.000 passengers. Moreover Pullmatur will return on Genoa with six ports of call pairs to about 11.000 passengers. In total in the 2015 they will be enlivened about 750.000 crocieristi, 65% of which remaining home port and 35% in transit.