the port of Livorno has closed the 2016 with a traffic stable total and a new record in the container



The traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Livorno in 2016 has turned out analogous to that of the year piled precedence being to 32,8 million tons, with an light progression of +0.3% on 2015.

More emphasized it has turned out the increase in the segment of the goods several that has totaled 23,6 million tons (+3.2%). The single rotabili cargos are piled to 12,4 million tons (+3.8%). Handling of rotabili has been average pairs to 390 thousand (+14.3%). The goods in container has reached the new record historical anniversary established with a total of 9,2 million tons and a handling of containers pairs to 800.475 teu, with increments respective of +3.4% and +2.5% on the previous record reached in 2015. The traffic of the container in import-export is come down of the -4,1% to 560.189 teu, while that of the transfers has recorded a rise of +22.3% having gone up to 240.286 teu. In the section of the goods conventional the traffic has been of 2,0 million tons -0,9%). In the single segment of produced forest the total it has been of 1,9 million tons (+9.1%), of which 1,7 million to disembarkation (+3.1%) and 210 thousand tons to boarding (+106.6%). A new record is marked also in the traffic of the new cars of factory with 596.677 units (+25.6%).

Down, instead, the bulk, with cargos diminished liquids of the -6,8% to 8,4 million tons and the bulk sand banks come down of the -1,9% to 832 thousand tons.

In the field of the passengers, the crocieristi have been 807,935 (+15.8%) and the passengers of ferries 2.475.906 (+26.1%).

"I leave a port in excellent health", it has emphasized Giuliano Gallanti, whom reached conclusion of own mandates before president and now of extraordinary commissioner of the Harbour Authority of Livorno, agency that will be replaced by the Authority of Harbour System of the Tyrrhenian Sea Northern that will be guided by its successor Stefano Corsini and that, as well as on the port of Livorno, it will have jurisdiction also on the harbour ports of call of Piombino, Capraia, Portoferraio, Rio Marina and Cavo. "In these years - Gallanti has said - we have worked hard in order to afford to the port to absorb the collision shock of the crisis and to resume proper course. The maneuvers that have carried to take wide to us you know them all: a new Town development plan with which we have introduced ourselves head held high in the main European squares; the contest for the realization of the Platform Europe, only true last hope for a port that it wants to remain "on the map" and the continuous activities of infrastructuring of the harbour port of call, especially those of dredging, without which we could not have maintained the current yields of traffic and have scaled new positions in the Mediterranean". Gallanti has thanked all the dependent of the Harbour Authority with which - it has evidenced - "we have shared six years of intense job and great satisfactions".