In August the traffic of goods in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado have increased of +12.6% and +19.9%

In August 2021 all the products that make up the volume of traffic handled by the port of Genoa were on the rise with the exception of the bunker and on-board supplies which are decreased by -7.3% on August 2020 falling to 76 thousand tons. In the miscellaneous goods sector, container traffic is amounted to 2.02 million tons (+10.3% on August 2020 and +12.4% on August 2019) and that of conventional goods at 909 thousand tons (+12.3% and +11.5% respectively). In the sector of liquid bulk mineral oils stood at 1.05 million tons (+8.2% and -23.8%) and other liquid cargoes to 64 thousand tons (+34.9% and +5.3%), of which 21 thousand tons of oils vegetables and wine (+125.6% and -33.4%) and 43 thousand tons of products chemicals (+13.1% and +45.9%). In the solid bulk sector, the commercial traffic has been of 80 thousand tons (+187.9% and +50.1%) and the industrial one of 152 thousand tons (+60.0% and +29,7%). Last month passenger traffic was 579 thousand people (+43.5% on August 2020 and -21.9% on August 2019), of which 70 thousand cruise passengers (+1,600.5% and -49.1%) and 509 thousand passengers of ferries (+27.4% and -15.6%).

In August 2021 the various goods handled by the port of Savona-Vado Ligure has totaled 574 thousand tons (+50.4% on August 2020 and +55.2% on August 2019), including 234 thousand tons of goods in containers (+155.6% and +642.9% respectively), 274 thousand tons of rolling stock (+19.7% and -0.1%), 28 thousand tons of fruit (+13.6% and +8.1%), 19 thousand tons of steels (+592.1% and -2.5%) and 17 thousand tons of forest products (-49.1% and -4.7%). Liquid bulk amounted to 477 thousand tons (-11.4% and -14.8%), including 436 thousand tons of oil crude (-12.2% and -17.5%), 31 thousand tons of petroleum products refined (-25.6% and +29.2%) and 10 thousand tons of other cargoes (traffic absent in August 2020; +47.1% on August 2019). In the dry bulk segment the total was 187 thousand tons (+66.8% and +131.9%), including 74 thousand tons of coal (+2.9% and +10.7%), 67 thousand tons of cereals and oilseeds (traffic absent in August 2020 and August 2019), 17 thousand tons of minerals (+729.5%, traffic absent in August 2019) and 28 thousand tons of other cargoes (-23.7% and +116.6%). Last month in the port of Savona passengers were 121 thousand (+66.1% and -28.7%), of which 27 thousand cruise passengers (traffic absent at August 2020; -54.0%) and 94 thousand ferry passengers (+28.5% and -9,5%).