Last month, the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure handled a freight traffic of 5.07 million tonnes, with an increase of +3.7% on November 2022 which was generated by the +7.8% increase in past cargo volumes through the port of the Ligurian capital, which has more than offset by the -7.1% drop recorded by the Savona airport.

In particular, of the 3.82 million tonnes handled at Genoa last November, 2.70 million tons were made up of miscellaneous goods (+8.6%), of which 1.82 million tonnes of goods in containers (+12.2%) made with a handling of containers equal to 198 thousand TEUs (+8.5%) and 875 thousand tons of goods conventional (+1.9%). In the dry bulk sector, traffic was 59 thousand tons (-33.2%) and that 98 thousand tons (+83.3%). In the liquid bulk mineral oils totalled 853 thousand tons (+7.2%), chemical products 36 thousand tons (+40.5%) and vegetable oils and wine 21 thousand tons (-51.0%).

In Savona-Vado, of the 1.25 million tons handled, the last month compared to 1.35 million in November 2022 over 606 thousand consisted of miscellaneous goods, including 256,000 tonnes in containers (+7.8%) and 350 thousand tons of conventional cargo (-7,5%). Dry bulk traffic amounted to 115 thousand tons (-51.1%) and liquid bulk to 518 thousand tons of mineral oils (+6.2%) and 8 thousand tons of vegetable oils and wine (+125,8%).

In the passenger segment, last month in Genoa 145,000 cruise passengers (+36.1%) and 54,000 passengers ferries (-2.0%) and in Savona by 100 thousand cruise passengers (+33.6%).

In the first eleven months of 2023, cargo traffic in the port of Genoa stood at 44.98 million tonnes, with a decrease of -3.4% compared to the same period last year, while in Savona-Vado it was 14.02 million tons (-3,5%).