Despite the continuation of the significant recovery in traffic started in the latter part of 2023, in the first three In the months of this year, the traffic of goods in the port of La Spezia has marked the fifth consecutive quarterly decline of 2.91 million tons of cargo, a decrease of -3.4% compared to the corresponding period in 2023. In the field of The total volume was 2.52 million containers. tonnes, up +10.8% on the first quarter of 2019. last year and with a handling of containers that is amounted to 274 thousand TEUs (+7.8%), of which 252 thousand in import-export (+4.4%) and 22 thousand transhipment (+68.9%). Other goods miscellaneous amounted to 24 thousand tons (-18.7%). In the liquid bulk traffic decreased by -45.7% down to 372 thousand tons, of which 26 thousand tons of products refined petroleum (-59.9%) and 345 thousand tons of products gaseous, liquefied or compressed oil and natural gas (-44.2%). Dry bulk traffic has dropped to zero compared to 27 thousand tonnes handled in the first three months of 2023.

In addition, cruise traffic in the port of La Spezia is state of almost 51 thousand passengers (-28.1%), of which over 2 thousand in home port (-14.6%) and 48 thousand in transit (-28.6%).

In the first quarter of this year, the traffic of the port of Marina di Carrara, also part of the jurisdiction of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea, decreased to €1.08 million tonnes of goods (-5.6%), of which 899 thousand tonnes of goods miscellaneous (+0.1%) - including 453 thousand tons of rolling stock (+4.8%), 332 thousand tons of containerized cargo (+0.8%) and 114 thousand tons of other goods (-16.7%) - and 179 thousand tons of bulk solid (-26.7%).