Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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The port of Palermo closed 2021 with a new historical record of annual freight traffic
Volumes up by +4.7% on 2020 and +31.9% on 2019
February 4, 2022
Last year the passenger traffic in the port of Palermo is status of almost 1.3 million people (+35.2% on 2020 and -34.5% on 2019), of which less than 1.2 million passengers on scheduled services (respectively +34.9% and -19.1%) and 104 thousand cruise passengers (+38.6% and -79.2%), including 15 thousand cruise passengers as home ports (+60.3% and -82,4%).
In the fourth quarter of 2021 alone, the port handled 2.2 million tons of goods, with a progression of +16.4% on the October-December of the previous year, of which 2.1 million tons of rolling stock (+20.3%), 54 thousand tons of bulk liquid (-12.8%), 24 thousand tons of goods in container (-38.%) and 12 thousand tons of dry bulk (-65.3%). Passengers are were 240 thousand (+79.2%), of which 40 thousand cruise passengers (+124.5%).
With regard to the activity of the other ports administered by the Port System Authority of the Sea of Sicily Western, in 2021 the port of Termini Imerese has enlivened more of 1.3 million tons of goods (+113.0% on 2020), of which almost 1.1 million tons of rolling stock (+201.8%), the port of Trapani 612 thousand tons of goods (+134.8%), of which 389 thousand tons of rolling stock (+371.0%), and the port of Porto Empedocle 554 thousand tons of goods (+58.8%), for the most part (450 thousand tons) consisting of solid bulk (+39.4%).
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Last year the passenger traffic in the port of Palermo is status of almost 1.3 million people (+35.2% on 2020 and -34.5% on 2019), of which less than 1.2 million passengers on scheduled services (respectively +34.9% and -19.1%) and 104 thousand cruise passengers (+38.6% and -79.2%), including 15 thousand cruise passengers as home ports (+60.3% and -82,4%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
