According to the Genoese shipping agency Cemar, in 2024 the traffic cruise ships in Italian ports will be 13.8 million passengers, marking a new record compared to the previous peak recorded in 2023, a year for which the Official statistical results. Presenting forecast data defined by the Genoese company on the occasion of the fair Seatrade Cruise Global cruise underway in Miami, the president of Cemar, Sergio Senesi, specified that, with regard to the individual ports, in 2024 the first place will be confirmed Civitavecchia with 3.5 million passengers followed by Genoa with 1.7 million and from Naples with 1.6 million passengers. To follow - Senesi specified - we will find some novelties instead: among the In fact, the first ten will be in order Livorno, Palermo, Savona, Messina, La Spezia, Venice and Trieste.

Among the cruise lines that in 2024 will move the number of passengers in Italian ports, it is expected that at the first place will be confirmed by MSC Cruises with 4.5 million passengers handled, followed by Costa Cruises (2.7 million), Norwegian Cruise Line (1.2 million), Royal Caribbean (1.1 million), and Celebrity Cruises (0.8 million).

According to Cemar, growth will continue in 2025, year in which cruise passengers in Italian ports are expected to be 13.9 Million. "Italy," Senesi stressed, "is reconfirms its first cruise destination in the Mediterranean Sea. The growth will not stop throughout the two-year period 2024-2025, thanks also to several American companies that have chosen to place some units in the Mediterranean Sea during the months winter'.