The volume of cargo traffic handled by the port of Livorno in the first six months of 2023 confirms the difficulty of several Italian ports, due to current geopolitical tensions and the repercussions on world economies, to recover the little lost ground due to the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic which, with the exception of the passenger segment, nevertheless has no led to a significant contraction in trade via sea. The Port System Authority of the Tyrrhenian Sea Settentrionale announced that in the first half of This year the port of Labronia has enlivened 15.4 million tons of goods, volume representing a decrease of -3,2% on the first half of 2022 as well as reductions of -10.9% and -0.9% on the first six months of 2021 and 2020 when the health crisis had a more pronounced effect on port activities, but also a decrease compared to the years precedents so much so that we must go back to the first half of 2014 for Find a lower volume of traffic.

In the first half of 2023, the only traffic of miscellaneous goods is State of 11,8 million tons, with a decrease of the -7,0% on the same period last year. The AdSP has specified that In the containerized goods segment, traffic was pairs to 348.273 teu, with a decrease of the -10,7% produced both from the reduction in traffic to/from the hinterland (-7.2%) and that of transhipment (-28.6%), which - the agency has specified - has now reached very low absolute values, representing today 12.8% of the overall traffic. The body also specified that the Decrease affected the handling of empty containers (-12.1%) but also that of full tanks (-5.4%), whose performance negative was determined by the exclusive decline in export volumes (-8.8%), while imports maintained last year's volumes (+0.3%). With the exception of transhipment, 303 thousand teu were moved.

Rolling stock traffic also decreased, with 234,187 vehicles totaled in the first half of this year (-5.6%), while it is New car traffic increased to 286,220 vehicles handled (+18.1%).

Stationary volumes, on the other hand, for the handling of products break-bulk foresters totaling 1.1 million tons (-0.4%). The liquid bulk is increased of +15.5% rising to 3.3 million tonnes, while dry ones are dropped of -16.5% coming down to 294 thousand tons.

In the first half of 2023 passenger traffic of ferries has been pairs to beyond 997 thousand people (+21.6%) and that of crocieristi to 197 thousand unit (+61.4%), passengers of cruises that continued to increase compared to the period of Covid, but still remain lower than the numbers Register until 2018.

In the first six months of 2023 the port of Piombino has enlivened 2,0 million tons, with a rise of +4.3% on the corresponding period of last year. The AdSP has explained that to sustaining growth was the increase of +790%, Liquid bulk traffic passed to 179 thousand tons to follow-up to the entry into operation of the regasification terminal and the consequent transhipment of over 168 thousand cubic meters of natural gas on the Golar Tundra. Passenger traffic is also positive (ferries and cruises), with a total of 1.2 million transits (+9,5%). Increased both ferry passengers (+9.4%, 1.2 million units) and those of cruise traffic (+27.3%, 5 thousand units). On the other hand, there was a decrease (-7.3%), on the other hand, the rolling traffic, with a total of 41,564 vehicles transited by the port.

Finally, the AdSP has made known that the Elban ports of Portoferraio, Rio Marina and Cavo closed the first half of this year with a significant increase in rolling traffic in tonnes, which is increased by 10.5% to over 1.3 million tons, which, however, recorded a decrease in terms of rolling stock enlivened having totaled 41 thousand (- 7.5%). The traffic of Ferry passengers has increased of +9.6% to almost 1.2 millions of people and the increase was also the cruise ships pairs to almost 10 thousand units (+84.7%).

"The data on traffic for the first half - has commented the president of the AdSP, Luciano Guerrieri - photograph A complex situation for the Italian port industry, at the taken with the uncertainties related to the exhaustion of the thrust exports due to weak global demand. Although Livorno has accused like other ports the negative repercussions Due to these macro-economic phenomena, the good performance of the port in the key sector of new cars, of passengers and liquid bulk. Also Piombino and the airports Elban dockers have shown that they know how to exploit their strength characteristics, providing an excellent response from the side of the passenger and rolling stock'.