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In the 2016 crocieristici ports of the Mediterranean di MedCruise they have enlivened 27,4 million passengers (- 1.1%)
This year in the port of Cagliari they are attended beyond 400 thousand crocieristi regarding 256 thousand in 2016
March 16, 2017

Last year the associated ports to MedCruise, the association of the crocieristici ports of the Mediterranean, have enlivened a traffic of 27.445.698 crocieristi, with a bending of the -1,1%rispetto to 27.761.864 in 2015. Moreover in 2016 to the crocieristici ports of the Mediterranean 13,476 cruise ships are landed altogether, with a decrease of the -0,5% regarding 13.533 ports of call in the year precedence.

The data on the carried out crocieristica activity in 2016 from the ports of MedCruise are introduced by the association in occasion of Seatrade Cruise Global, the world-wide fair of the crocieristico tourism that is shut today to Fort Lauderdale, in Florida. "Statistics of 2016 - it has emphasized the president of MedCruise, Kristijan Pavic - show positive developments in several parts of the Mediterranean and its adjacent seas. We all work so that the associates of MedCruise can increase the recorded increase. Moreover - it has evidenced Pavic - in spite of the emphasis that the crocieristiche companies place on the increase of other regions of the world, as for example the Asian market, that of the Mediterranean and the adjacent seas is a region that continues to
to generate increasing interest in the crocieristi. For the ports, the destinations and all the operators of the Mediterranean the challenge are that to offer to all the conditions in order to transform all this in a sustainable increase and in order to allow an ulterior expansion of the crocieristiche activities".

The relationship of MedCruise signals that in the 2016 main crociestici ports of the Mediterranean they have been Barcelona with 2.683.594 passengers (+5.6% regarding 2.540.302 pax in 2015), Civitavecchia with 2.339.676 passengers (+3.0% regarding 2.271.652 in 2015), Balearic Islands with 1.957.429 passengers (- 2.0% regarding 1.996.533 in 2015), Venice with 1.605.660 (+1.5% regarding 1.582.481 in 2015), Marseilles with 1.597.213 (+10.1% regarding 1.451.059 in 2015), Naples with 1.306.151 (+2.9% regarding 1.269.571 in 2015), therefore the Greek port of the Pireo that - with 1.094.135 crocieristi in 2016 regarding 980.149 in 2015 (+11.6%) - the port of Savona has climbed over classifying itself to the seventh place in the ranking of 2016, in which they follow to the eighth place the port of Genoa, than with 1.017.368 passengers in 2016 regarding 848.227 in the year precedence (+19.9%) when it had re-entered in the top ten of the crocieristici ports of the Mediterranean, it has exceeded in classifies Savona and the ports of Tenerife, therefore to the ninth place the port of Savona with 910.244 passengers (- 7.3% regarding 982.226 in 2015) and to tenth the ports of Tenerife with 884.173 passengers (- 5.2% regarding 933.154 in 2015).

While, in occasion of the participation to the Seatrade Cruise Global with the scope to introduce the Sardinia as only destination to introduce the world of the operators of the crocieristico market, the port of Cagliari has announced that in 2017 in the port of call fleeting ships of 24 crocieristiche companies regarding 256 thousand in 110 ports of call in 2016 are attended beyond 400 thousand fleeting for a total of 163 landings place of 41 different.




Not


Port


MedCruise
Region


Total
Pax


Total
Calls


Home in
Pax


Home out
Pax


Transit
Pax


1


Alanya


East Med


9.272


13


0


0


9.272


2


Alicante


West Med


89.197


53


n.a.


n.a.


n.a.


3


Ancona


Adriatic


54.901


34


5.784


5.112


44.005


4


Antalya


East Med


45.405


16


22.251


22.225


929


5


Azores


West Med


125.904


121


565


617


124.722


6


Balearic Islands


West Med


1.957.429


742


600.181


1.357.248


7


Barcelona


West Med


2.683.594


758


782.196


773.623


1.127.775


8


Bari


Adriatic


400.875


145


52.367


56.770


291.738


9


Bastia/N.Corsica


West Med


18.533


23


0


0


18.533


10


Bodrum


East Med


61.261


44


51


21


61.189


11


Brindisi


Adriatic


5.270


14


6


1


5.263


12


Burgas


Sea black


5.833


4


0


0


5.833


13


Cagliari


West Med


255.873


110


8.456


247.417


14


Cartagena


West Med


187.843


120


186


0


187.657


15


Castellon


West Med


1.095


2


0


0


1.095


16


Ceuta


West Med


19.251


13


0


0


19.251


17


Civitavecchia


West Med


2.339.676


833


425.038


421.971


1.492.667


18


Constantza


Sea black


6.912


8


0


0


6.912


19


Corfu


Adriatic


748.914


481


35.890


34.974


678.050


20


Cyprus Ports*


East Med


141.358


135


28.378


29.785


83.195


21


Dubrovnik


Adriatic


831.730


639


33.473


34.696


763.561


22


Egyptian Ports


East Med


411.626


361


n.a.


n.a.


n.a.


23


Riviera french


West Med


562.929


325


41.967


520.962


24


Genoa jib


West Med


1.017.368


248


282.652


323.626


375.711


25


Gibraltar


West Med


404.005


224


90


0


403.915


26


Gioia Tauro


West Med


13.758


13


1


20


13.737


27


Heraklion


East Med


238.780


165


3.739


3.563


231.478


28


Huelva


West Med


20.071


17


0


0


20.071


29


Igoumenitsa


East Med


7.623


7


0


0


7.623


30


Istanbul


East Med


36.708


42


7.872


8.380


20.456


31


Kavala


East Med


6.042


18


0


0


6.042


32


Koper


Adriatic


78.923


69


9


42


78.872


33


Kotor


Adriatic


536.644


487


663


749


535.232


34


Kusadasi


East Med


347.232


278


7.593


10.453


329.186


35


La Spezia


West Med


507.531


211


4.036


3.366


500.129


36


Lisbon


West Med


522.497


311


23.525


24.107


474.865


37


Livorno


West Med


807.935


403


4.755


4.519


798.661


38


Madeira Ports


West Med


522.483


297


824


1.951


519.708


39


Malaga


West Med


442.931


253


45.014


47.232


350.685


40


Marseille


West Med


1.597.213


490


244.580


242.384


1.110.249


41


Mersin


East Med


0


0


0


0


0


42


Messina


West Med


373.199


223


9.190


8.837


337.512


43


Monk


West Med


185.392


181


12.536


13.689


159.167


44


Motril-Granada


West Med


4.570


21


0


0


4.570


45


Naples


West Med


1.306.151


493


70.745


71.392


1.164.041


46


North Sardinian


West Med


210.386


130


0


0


210.386


47


Odessa


Sea black


1.242


5


7


2


1.233


48


Palamos/Roses


West Med


25.505


37


0


0


25.505


49


Palermo


West Med


510.078


174


36.607


35.427


438.044


50


Patras


East Med


743


2


0


0


743


51


Piraeus


East Med


1.094.135


625


176.303


176.360


741.472


52


Portimao


West Med


19.520


43


20


24


19.476


53


Portoferraio


West Med


42.752


118


0


0


42.752


54


Portofino


West Med


19.894


57


0


0


19.894


55


Ravenna


Adriatic


45.582


42


341


332


44.922


56


Rijeka


Adriatic


13.874


15


0


0


13.874


57


Savona


West Med


910.244


213


286.365


290.780


333.099


58


Silks


West Med


23.791


36


11


17


23.763


59


Sibenik


Adriatic


12.276


106


0


0


12.276


60


Sochi


Sea black


1.194


4


0


0


1.194


61


Souda/Chania **


East Med


147.915


86


0


0


147.915


62


Split


Adriatic


275.651


286


367


512


274.772


63


Taranto


Adriatic


0


0


0


0


0


64


Tarragona


West Med


14.013


22


921


921


12.171


65


Tenerife Ports


West Med


884.173


524


37.640


36.484


810.049


66


Thessaloniki


East Med


18.876


23


310


464


18.102


67


Toulon-Var Provence


West Med


362.479


278


6.338


5.848


350.293


68


Trabzon


Sea black


452


3


226


226


0


69


Tunisian Ports


West Med


757


2


0


0


757


70


Valencia*


West Med


404.783


181


30.498


30.465


343.820


71


TV assistant


West Med


682.970


317


58.410


56.321


568.239


72


Vahrn


Sea black


1.109


4


0


2


1.107


73


Venice


Adriatic


1.605.660


529


708.000


700.066


197.594


74


Volos


East Med


37.445


46


0


0


37.445


75


Zadar


Adriatic


136.462


114


452


425


135.584



*


Given Provisional for Cyprus Ports and Port of Valencia.


**


Chania harbour welcomed an additional number of cruise calls (11) carrying 4,777 transit pax.

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FSG bankruptcy trustees announce interest from multiple investors in shipbuilding group
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The Biden administration's latest move is to accuse China of seeking dominance in the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors
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The AdSP of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea confirms the commitments made towards its employees
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Uniport, exemption from compulsory insurance for vehicles used in port terminals is a good thing
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Hanoi government authorizes initial investment for new port planned by MSC and VMC
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Vietnam Port Development Plan to 2030 Approved
Filt, Fit and Uilt announce a resumption of the strike of the workers of the AdSP of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea
Naples
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Annual container traffic at PSA port terminals exceeds 100 million TEU for the first time
Singapore
Record in both Singapore and overseas terminals
Confitarma calls for the urgent reinstatement of the rule on simplified recruitment of seafarers
Rome
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Sharp drop of -17.1% in freight traffic in the port of Taranto in 2024
Taranto
In the last quarter alone the decline was -3.0%
Container traffic in Hong Kong port decreased by -4.9% in 2024
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New NATO mission to strengthen protection of undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea
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In 2024, the port terminals of China's CMPort handled a record container traffic
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Yang Ming also renews service between Western Mediterranean and US East Coast
Keelung
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Genoa Port Terminal, green light for provisional concession until next June 30
Genoa
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Genoa
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CMA CGM to remove Livorno calls from Amerigo service, replacing them with calls at Salerno
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Florian
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Hong Kong
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Trieste
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Brussels
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Naples
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Melzo
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Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
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DATABASE
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MEETINGS
The annual assembly of Federlogistica will be held in Rome on January 21st
Rome
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A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Venice
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››› Meetings File
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(Tehran Times)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
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Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
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Taipei/Keelung
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Taranto
The intervention has a value of 135.3 million euros
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea is the first AdSP to equip itself with the Anti-Violence Strategic Plan
Leghorn
The aim is to prevent discriminatory and violent phenomena within the institution.
Greek Navarino Acquires Dutch Castor Marine
London
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The annual assembly of Federlogistica will be held in Rome on January 21st
Rome
The theme is: "Intelligent Logistics. If Artificial Intelligence Breaks Into the World of Logistics"
Trade mission in Vietnam by Spediporto, AdSP and Municipality of Genoa
Genoa
Meetings scheduled in Ho Chi Minh City and Danang
In 2024 Interporto Padova recorded a record intermodal traffic of almost 412 thousand TEU (+6.5%)
Padua
Tender for the development of cruise activities in the Greek ports of Katakolon, Patras and Kavala
Athens
The issuing of concessions with a minimum duration of 30 years is foreseen
Commander Emanuele Bergamini is the new president of USCLAC
Genoa
Gianni Badino was elected president of the USCLAC-UNCDiM-SMACD unitary union
The electrification of four moorings in the ports of Bari and Brindisi has begun
Bari
Contract worth over 28 million euros
Circle has been awarded the tender for the digitalisation services of the Eastern Adriatic Port Authority
Milan
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