To september and October the decrease of the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Genoa has been emphasized



Before he, the deluge. So we had commented friday the escape of scene of the president of the Harbour Authority of Genoa, Luigi Merlo, that it had decided not to wait for the natural expiration of its four-year second term being left own assignment with two months of advance payment the commander of the port, rear admiral Giovanni Pettorino, in dresses of extraordinary commissioner of the agency ( on 20 November 2015).

As soon as come down by the stage, the tide is quickly returned to mount. More precisely: the level of waters was already fastly raising itself in the last weeks in which Merlon still it guided the Harbour Authority having which agreed to freeze resignation already introduced on sollicitation of the minister of Infrastructures and the Transports, Graziano Delrio.

Last August in fact, after a beginning of 2015 in which era recorded a less emphasized increase more or of the total traffic of the goods enlivened from the genoese port, the indicator percentage was turned decidedly on values negatives marking a -9,4%, trend of the reduction that ulteriorly has been emphasized in September with a -9,6% and in the next October with -14,7%. It is a tendency to the decrease that is determined by the reduction of the several volumes of goods and mineral oils.

To september the 2015 port has enlivened a total of 4,1 million tons of goods regarding 4,5 million tons to september 2014. The traffic of the goods several is diminished of -5,9% coming down to the 2,5 million one tons, of which 1,7 million tons of goods in container (- 8.0%) and 792 thousand conventional tons of goods (- 1.0%). The mineral oils are dropped of -22,7% to the 1,1 million one tons and the other liquid bulk has totaled 60 thousand tons (- 12.2%), of which 19 thousand tons of oils vegetables and wine (+18.9%) and 41 thousand chemicals tons of (- 21.8%). The solid bulk is piled to 86 thousand tons (+264.7%) to which they join in the industrial field other 14 thousand tons of bulk sand banks (- 4.7%) and 227 thousand tons of iron worker (+0.3%). Last September the passengers have been 355 thousand (+3.6%), of which 277 thousand of fleeting crocieristi ferries (+2.3%) and 78 thousand (+8.9%).

To October 2015 the total traffic has been attested at less than 4,2 million tons regarding 4,9 million tons to October last year. The goods several is come down of -4,0% to the 2,7 million one tons, of which 1,9 million containerized tons of goods (- 5.5%) and 771 thousand conventional tons of goods (- 0.2%). The mineral oils are diminished of -36,2% to the 1,0 million one tons and the other liquid bulk is dropped of the -11,9% to 73 thousand tons, of which 28 thousand tons of oils vegetables and wine (- 30.3%) and 45 thousand tons of chemicals (+5.1%). The solid bulk is increased of +39.8% to 129 thousand tons more other 193 thousand tons than iron and steel enlivened in industrial section (- 23.3%). The passengers have been 231 thousand (+17.6%), of which 112 thousand in the field of ferries (+0.9%) and 122 thousand in that of cruises (+38.8%).

In the first ten months of the 2015 port of Genoa it has enlivened altogether 42,8 million tons, with a contraction of the -1,3% on the January-October period last year. The containerized cargos have been pairs to 18,0 million tons (+1.4%) and are totaled with a handling of containers pairs to 1.874.194 teu (+3.4%). The goods conventional is increased of +2.6% 7,4 million to tons. The mineral oils are diminished of -7,3% to the 12,5 million one tons and down they have turned out also the other liquid bulk with 655 thousand tons (- 13.2%), with bendings of the -25,5% of oils vegetables and the wine and the -4,8% of the chemicals ones. The bulk sand banks enlivened in the commercial field has been pairs to 820 thousand tons (+27.7%), while the traffic in the industrial field has been pairs to 111 thousand tons of solid bulk (- 19.0%) and 2,1 million tons of iron worker (- 7.1%). In the segment of the passengers the traffic has been almost 2,6 million people (+4.4%), of which 1,9 million passengers of crocieristi ferries (+4.2%) and 720 thousand (+4.9%).