In the first quarter of 2024, freight traffic in ports of Naples and Salerno amounted to a total of 7.57 million tonnes, similar to that of the same period of 2023 which was generated by the growth of +1.3% of traffic in the port of the capital of Campania, a result of 4.43 million tonnes, and the -2.0% decrease in the handled by the port of Salerno, which amounted to 3.13 million Tons.

In the Neapolitan port alone, the goods at unloading were equal to 2.67 million tons (+1.6%) and those at loading at 1.77 million tonnes (+0.7%). The total volume of miscellaneous goods is 2.77 million tonnes (+1.5%), of which 1.64 million tonnes tonnes of containerised goods (+0.4%) made with a Container handling equal to 159 thousand TEUs (-2.8%) - included 153 thousand TEUs in import-export (-5.1%) and 6 thousand TEUs in transhipment (+157.3%) - and 1.13 million tonnes of rolling stock (+3.3%). In the liquid bulk sector, the port of Naples handled 1.31 million tons (+0.7%), of which 948 thousand tons of products refined petroleum (-2.2%), 306 thousand tons of products gaseous, liquefied or compressed petroleum and natural gas (+2.7%) and 59 thousand tons of other liquid cargoes (+58.7%). Bulk 354 thousand (+1.5%), of which 27 thousand tons of metallurgical products (+17.0%), 66 thousand tons of cereals (+21.3%) and 103 thousand tons of other dry bulk (-24.4%).

In the port of Salerno, the total number of goods unloaded is 1.72 million tonnes (-3.6%) and that of loading of 1.41 million tonnes (+0.1%). The global volume of miscellaneous goods amounted to 2.97 million tonnes (-3.7%), of which 1.03 million tonnes of containerised cargo (+4.5%) achieved with a container handling of 90 thousand TEUs (+5.1%) - including 81 thousand TEUs in import-export (+4.1%) and over 8 thousand TEUs transhipped (+15.8%) -, 1.73 million tons of rolling stock (-3.4%) and 207 thousand tons of other miscellaneous goods (-32.2%). In the dry bulk sector, traffic was 168 thousand tons (+44.4%).

In the first quarter of this year, passenger traffic scheduled maritime services in the port of Naples has been 923 thousand people (+10.4%) and in Salerno 40 thousand people (+84,8%). In addition, cruise traffic in Naples has been 86 thousand passengers (+5.6%), of which 20 thousand as home ports (-30.8%) and 66 thousand in transit (+25.0%).

In the month of March 2024 alone, the port of Naples handled 2.59 million tonnes of goods, with a decline in -6.3% on March 2023, and the port of Salerno 1.45 million tonnes (-10.4%).