Last February, the port of Ravenna recorded an increase by +2.1% on the same month of 2023 in freight traffic, which is amounted to 2.05 million tonnes, of which 1.76 million tonnes tons at unloading (+1.6%) and 287 thousand tons at loading (+5,6%). Overall growth has been generated the increase in the volumes of miscellaneous goods, with the containerized vehicles, which totaled 195 thousand tons (+9.5%), rolling stock 158 thousand tons (+3.9%) and other miscellaneous goods 553 thousand tonnes (+34.9%). Oil bulk cargo is down, with 207 thousand tonnes of petroleum products (-9.4%) and 178 thousand tonnes of other cargoes (-6.8%), and dry bulk with 768 thousand tons (-10.4%), with a particularly significant reduction in agricultural and animal (15 thousand tons, -93.2%).

With regard to the significant reduction in the flow of products recalling that at the end of March, the European Commission, in agreement with the Member States, proposed an increase in tariffs on imports into the EU of cereals, oilseeds and derivatives from Russia and Belarus (including wheat, corn and sunflower flour), which is effectively equivalent to a blockage of imports, the Port System Authority of the Sea North Central Adriatic, specified that the decision, as well as tightening sanctions against Russia for the invasion Ukraine, also responds to the collapse in wheat prices For the surplus of supply that worries the entire agricultural world: if in Poland, in fact, the silos are full and prices are falling - explained the port authority - also in Italy the prices of the durum wheat has plummeted by about 30% since the beginning of 2024. The risk, in fact - noted the Ravenna authority - is that Moscow transfer its surplus products to the European market cereals: Russia's wheat surplus, in fact, if from a side is increasing, also thanks to seized Ukrainian grain illegally, on the other hand, it is not sold on world markets, in which in the meantime the wheat is arriving again of Ukraine. Thanks to the increase in tariffs, according to the The Commission - the PSA recalled - EU imports of cereals from Russia and Belarus are expected to fall by almost five years. million tons per year, which will be "replaced" partly from EU domestic production and, for the rest, from imports from third countries that are historical suppliers of the single market, such as the United States, Brazil, Ukraine, Serbia, and Argentina.

The PSA has announced that, from the first estimates, it is expected for the month of March 2024 a total handling in the port of Ravenna of just over 2.3 million tonnes, slightly decrease (-1%) compared to the same month last year. The The first quarter of this year, therefore, should close with a handling of just over 6.1 million tonnes, in decrease of about -6% compared to the same period of 2023 thanks to the partial recovery of the months of February and March compared to the opening in January (-19.3%).