Last July, the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure handled 5.7 million tons of goods globally, with a decrease of -1.7% on July 2023 which was generated by the reduction in bulk volumes at both ports and a A more pronounced decline in overall traffic in the port of the Ligurian capital and a slight reduction in volumes at the airport Savona.

In Genoa, the total loads amounted to almost 4.4 million tonnes (-2.1%), of which 3.0 million tonnes of miscellaneous goods (+4.0%) consisting of 2.0 million tonnes of cargo in containers (+6.4%) made with container handling equal to 216,510 TEUs (+3.1%) and 943 thousand tons of cargo conventional (-0.8%). In the liquid bulk sector, more than 1.1 million tonnes of mineral oils were handled (-8.4%), 38 thousand tons of chemicals (-5.7%) and 38 thousand tons of vegetable oils and wine (+25.3%). Dry bulk cargo recorded a traffic of 32 thousand tons in the commercial sector (-53.0%) and 59 thousand tons in the industrial sector (-59.2%).

In Savona-Vado, a total of 1.3 million tons (-0.4%). The only miscellaneous goods were to 698 thousand tons (+6.8%), of which 284 thousand tons of goods containerized (+5.9%) with a container handling of 25,668 TEUs (-12.6%) and 415 thousand tons of conventional cargo (+7,4%). In the liquid bulk sector, oil traffic was 416 thousand tons (-13.9%) and that of vegetable oils and wine of 9 thousand tons (-31.3%). In the segment of dry bulk cargo was handled 173 thousand tons (+15.4%).

Also in the passenger sector, the two Ligurian ports have recorded a contraction in traffic, which was more relevant. In July 2024 in the port of Genoa, passengers of the There were 482 thousand ferries (-2.5%) and 117 thousand cruise passengers (-16.2%), while in Savona ferry passengers were 95 thousand (-2.0%) and cruise passengers 54 thousand (-31.4%).

In the first seven months of 2024, the port of Genoa handled 29.1 million tonnes of goods, with a total of 29.1 million tonnes of goods, decrease of -0.3% on the same period last year, while at Savona-Vado traffic was 9.1 million tons (+0,7%). In the container segment alone, Genoa was 1,451,150 TEUs handled (+0.9%) and 172,523 TEUs handled at the Savona airport (-14,0%).