In September, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado fell by -20.1% and -27.1% respectively

In the port of Genoa alone, the decline was 20.1% 3.57 million tonnes of cargo were moveded. In segment of miscellaneous goods, the total was 2.73 million tonnes (-4.9%), of which 1.85 million tonnes of goods containerised (-5.9%) carried out with a handling of containers equal to 188,000 teu (-6.8%) and 877,000 tons of goods conventional (-2.7%). In the solid bulk sector, traffic was 52,000 tons (-36.0%) and that industrial sector of 93,000 tons. Mineral oils totalled 554,000 tons (-56.7%) and the other liquid bulk 62,000 tons (-3.8%), including 39,000 tons of chemicals (-24,8%) and 23,000 tons of vegetable oils and wine (+81.0%). Strongly affected by the effects of the Covid-19 health crisis passenger traffic, in particular passenger traffic, is also cruises that recorded only 8,000 cruise passengers (-94.3%), while ferry passengers were 192,000 (-37.7%).

Last month freight traffic in the port of Savona-Vado fell by -27.1% to 885,000 tonnes. The goods amounted to 471,000 tons (-8.2%), of which 319,000 rolling stock (-19.1%), 95,000 containerized cargoes (+96.7%), 34,000 tons of fruit (10.8%), 15,000 tons of forestry (-11.9%) and 8,000 tons of steels (-40.5%). The volume of liquid bulk traffic was 341,000 tonnes (-37.8%), of which 308,000 were crude oil (-38.9%), 27,000 refined petroleum products (-19.9%) and 6,000 tons other liquid loads (-42.3%). The dry bulk was a total of 73,000 tons (-52.3%), including 25,000 tons of cereals and oilseeds (-25.0%), 22 thousand tons of coal (-51.0%), 2,000 tons of minerals (-91.3%) and 24,000 tonnes of other solid bulk (-56.5%). In the field of cruises traffic has reset, while in that of the regular passenger services was over 21,000 people (-52,4%).

In the third quarter of 2020, traffic in goods moveded from the port of Genoa alone amounted to 11.15 million tonnes, with a decrease of -17.5% over the same period of last year. Container freight traffic has been 5.48 million tonnes (-9.5%) and that of goods 2.57 million tonnes (-5.6%). The bulk amounted to 408,000 tons (-29.9%) and the bulk 2.44 million tonnes (-37.8%). In the field of passengers the cruise passengers were 12 thousand (-97.0%) and passengers 850,000 ferries (-37.0%).

In the period July-September of this year, traffic in the port of Savona-Vado was 2.94 million tons (-15.0%), of which 1.34 million tonnes of miscellaneous goods (-3.5%), 1.29 million tonnes of liquid bulk (-21.0%) and 306,000 tonnes of solid bulk (-28.8%). In the passenger sector, in the absence of cruise traffic (compared to 196,000 cruise passengers in the third quarter of 2019) ferry passengers were 126,000 (-40.8%).