In the first half of 2024, freight traffic in the ports administered by the Port System Authority of the Sea Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, equal to 19.3 million tons, is increased by +2.8% compared to the first half of last year thanks to the growth of +52.2% recorded by the port of call of Piombino that was generated to the ship's activity FSRU Italis LNG regasification plant (formerly Golar Tundra) started a year ago, an increase that offset the drop of -3.4% marked by the port of Livorno, while traffic in the ports of the Island of Elba has remained almost stable having totalled 1.3 million tonnes (-0.5%).

In Livorno the total traffic was 14.9 million of tons and to suffer a reduction in volumes were the liquid bulk which amounted to 2.5 million tons (-22.6%), containerized goods with 3.5 million tons (-2.4%) and container handling of 327,016 TEUs (-6.1%) and conventional goods with 1.0 million tonnes (-10,9%). Rolling stock on the rise with 7.5 million tons (+5.7%) and dry bulk with 308 thousand tons (+4.8%).

In Piombino, the total handled was 3.1 million tonnes and the overall increase in +52.2% is almost entirely attributable to the activity of the regasification terminal, with liquid bulk cargo that increased by +590.2% rising to over 1.2 million tons. Also on the rise dry bulk cargo with 524 thousand tons (+4.4%). The rolling stock is decreased by -0.6% to more than 1.3 million Tons.

In the passenger sector, traffic in Livorno was of 342 thousand cruise passengers (+73.2%) and 1.1 million passengers of the ferries (+7.1%), in Piombino it was over 5 thousand cruise passengers (+1.2%) and 1.2 million passengers on ferries and in the ports of Elba was 10 thousand cruise passengers (+1.3%) and 1.2 millions of ferry passengers.