In the last trimester of 2021 the traffic of the goods in the port of Venice has grown of +8.4%

In the whole of 2021 the Venetian port has enlivened 19.6 million of tons of cargoes at disembarkation, with increases of +12.8% and +0.3% respectively on 2020 and 2019, while loads at embarkation amounted to 4.6 million tonnes, in decrease of -8.8% and -15.6% respectively over the two years history.

The overall increase in traffic recorded last year is state determined by the increase in volumes of solid bulk and goods Various. In the first sector, 6.4 million tons (+30.4% on 2020 and +3.0% on 2019), of which 2.1 million tonnes of metallurgical products (+42.7% and +33.2%), 1.5 million tonnes of feed, fodder and oilseeds (-5.6% and -3.1%), 1.3 million tons of minerals (+58.5% and +259.1%), 890 thousand tons of coal (+105.0% and -37.8%), 270 thousand tons of cereals (-18.9% and -59.1%), 179 thousand tons of chemical products (+49.5% and +46.4%) and 136 thousand tons of other dry bulk (+1.8% and -74.2%). In the miscellaneous goods sector, the total was over 9.3 million tons (+5.0% and -3.8%), including 5.1 million tonnes of containerised goods (+5.0% and -3.8%) made with a handling of containers equal to 514 thousand teu (-2.9% and -13.4%), 1.7 million tons of rolling stock (+7.1% and -1.6%) and 2.2 million tons of other loads (+14.3% and +10.2%). Liquid bulk, on the other hand, has accused a reduction both compared to 2020 and 2019 having attested to 8.4 million tons (-1.9% and -6.7%), of which 7.1 million tons of refined petroleum products (-0.9% and -5.4%), 1.1 million tons of chemicals (-7.2% and -7.5%), 25 thousand tons of crude oil (no traffic in the two previous years) and 194 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (-16.9% and -40.2%).

Passenger traffic in 2021 saw a sharp recovery compared to the previous year, although the numbers are still significantly lower than the pre-pandemic data: last year in the cruise segment traffic was 30 thousand passengers (+426.4% and -98.2%) and in that of ferries and services premises of 74 thousand passengers (+58.4% and -62.1%).

In the fourth quarter of 2021 alone, the Venetian port has handled 5.0 million tons of goods on landing, with increases of +12.1% and +3.2% respectively over the same periods of 2020 and 2019, and over 1.2 million tons of goods boarding (-4.2% and -12.2%). Overall, the various goods have totaled 2.4 million tons (+7.3% and +1.0%), of which 1.3 million tons of goods in container (+0.8% and -7.4%) with a handling of containers equal to 135 thousand teu (+1.0% and -8.1%), 476 thousand tons of rolling stock (+20.8% and +7.0%) and 621 thousand tons of other miscellaneous goods (+13.3% and +18.8%). Solid bulk was pairs to almost 1.7 million tons (+26.8% and -3.5%), including 1.1 million tons of minerals (+72.3% and +976.7%), 520 thousand tons of metallurgical products (+72.0% and +8.1%), 403 thousand tons of coal (+329.8 and +28.3%), 275 thousand tons of feed, fodder and oilseeds (-30.2% and -30.0%), 58 thousand tons of cereals (-66.5% and -75.5%) and 47 thousand tons of chemicals (+86.5% and +50.5%). The total liquid bulk was 2.2 million tons (-1.4% and -0.5%), including 1.8 million tons tons of refined petroleum products (-0.9% and -1.2%), 272 thousand tons of chemical products (-12.6% and -5.7%), 25 thousand tons of crude oil and 66 thousand tons of other cargoes (+0.4% and +2.7%).

Last year the port of Chioggia, also managed by the Port System Authority of the Adriatic Sea Northern, it has enlivened almost 1.1 million tons of goods, with a progression of +16.7% on 2020.