In the third quarter of this year, attenuating, the downward trend in freight traffic handled by the port of Venice since the third quarter of 2019. 2022 having passed on the quays 5.56 million tons of cargoes, down -2.8% from 5.68 million in the period July-September last year. The Sun landed goods amounted to 4.42 million tonnes (-4.0%) and loading at 1.13 million tonnes (+6.1%).

If the overall figures for miscellaneous cargo and dry bulk recorded slight increases in the liquid bulk sector a decrease of -7.4% was marked as the 1.78 million tonnes, of which 1.46 million tonnes of refined petroleum products (2.7%), 233 thousand tonnes of chemicals (31.0%) and 89 thousand tons of other cargo liquids (+3.2%). Dry bulk accounted for 1.38 million tons (+0.7%), including 456 thousand tons of products metallurgical (+40.7%), 409 thousand tons of minerals (+68.2%), 260 thousand tons of feed, fodder and oilseeds (+33.4%), 111 thousand tons of coal (-68.7%), 47 thousand tons of chemicals (+27.0%), 30 thousand tons of cereals (-80.4%) and 73 thousand tons of other dry bulk (+5.3%). In the sector of miscellaneous goods, the total was 2.39 million tonnes (+0.5%), of which 1.25 million tonnes of goods containerized (-3.2%), 543 thousand tons of rolling stock (+12.1%) and 596 thousand tons of other cargo (-0.7%).

In the last quarter of the summer, passenger traffic in the The port of Venice was 332 thousand people (+58.7%), of which 264,000 cruise passengers (+84.9%) - including 224,000 as home ports (+94.4%) and 40,000 in transit (+45.6%) - and 67,000 passengers in transit regular maritime services (+1.8%).

In the first nine months of 2023, freight traffic 17.90 million tonnes, a decrease of -3.9% on the same period last year, of which 5.03 million tonnes liquid bulk (-16.5%), 5.39 million tonnes of bulk (+2.5%), 3.90 million tonnes of cargo containerized (-4.9%), 1.68 million tons of ro-ro cargo (+13.0%) and 1.90 million tonnes of other miscellaneous goods (+7.5%). There were 438 thousand cruise passengers (+98.4%) and passengers on services 116 thousand (+5.0%).

Meanwhile, in recent days, meetings have begun in Venice orientation on the training proposals of the Academy of Logistics and the Sea, a new name taken on by the last June from the ITS Marco Polo Academy with the acquisition of Ve.Mar.S. (Venice Maritime School), a training centre accredited by the General Command of the Harbour Master's Office for the training of the maritime personnel, adding to the post-diploma courses of the port and logistics operators and train drivers, Courses for deck and engineer officers on board ships Merchant. In addition, with the realization by the next September of the new simulators and the expansion of the classrooms 16 in the Santa Marta area of Venice, the Academy of Logistics and Mare is a candidate to become one of the logistics and training hubs of the transport of the most important transport in Italy.