In 2023, the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure handled 63.7 million tonnes of cargo, with a decrease in the -3.8% compared to the previous year, which is limited compared to the previous year. reductions in cargo volumes recorded by other Italian ports and Europeans. The port of the Ligurian capital alone, with 48.5 million tonnes, marked a decrease of -4.1% on 2022, while the reduction in cargo at the Savona-Vado airport was -2.5% as 15.2 million tonnes were handled.

In the port of Genoa, the miscellaneous goods sector 32.6 million tonnes (-3.6%), of which 22.3 million tonnes tonnes of containerised cargo (-5.6%) made with a container handling of 2.4 million TEUs (-5.5%) and 10.3 million tonnes of conventional goods (+1.2%). In the Dry bulk sector, commercial traffic was by 663 thousand tons (-7.7%) and the industrial one by 1.2 million tons tonnes (-14.4%). Liquid bulk with oils decreased 12.6 million tonnes (-3.5%) and other liquid bulk at 731 thousand tons (-15.9%), including 453 thousand tons of chemicals (-4.2%) and 278 thousand tons of oils vegetables and wine (-29.9%).

Last year, the traffic of various goods in Savona-Vado increased less than 7.2 million tonnes (-1.6%), of which 3.0 million tonnes million tonnes of containerised goods (+5.0%) with a container handling amounted to 346 thousand TEUs (+30.0%) and 4.1 million tonnes of conventional goods (-6.0%). Bulk amounted to 1.6 million tonnes (-13.9%) and in liquid bulk cargo, 6.3 million tons of mineral oils (+0.2%) and 110 thousand tons of oils vegetables and wine (+9.4%).

If 2023 was closed with a moderate reduction of freight volumes, the year was closed by both Ligurian ports with new all-time records of cruise traffic, with Genoa handling almost 1.7 million passengers (+57.1%) and Savona 862 thousand passengers (+75.7%).

In addition, ferry traffic in Genoa was over 2.3 million passengers (+8.0%) and in Savona 334 thousand passengers (-31.3%).

In the fourth quarter of 2023 alone, freight traffic in the two ports was stable at 15.1 million tonnes, with a modest decrease of -0.3% on the same period of the previous year.

In December last year, the port of Genoa handled a total of 3.5 million tonnes of goods, with a decrease of -12.2% on December 2022, while in Savona-Vado the traffic was 1.2 million tonnes (+10.8%).