Last month, the traffic of goods in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure marked a growth of +2.4% compared to August 2023 thanks to the overall increase in cargo traffic and the increase in the landings of petroleum products in the roadstead of Vado. The total moved in August 2024 in the two Ligurian port calls was 4.99 million tons.

In the port of Genoa alone, traffic amounted to overall to 3.48 million tons (-7.5%). In the segment of miscellaneous goods were handled 1.88 million tons of containerized goods (+15.2%) and 836 thousand tons of goods conventional (-6.7%). In terms of 20-foot containers handled, last month containerized traffic was 205,374 TEUs, with an increase of +9.9% driven by from the increase in volumes at the PSA Genova Pra' terminals (125,707 TEUs, +16.3%) and PSA SECH (25,560 TEUs, +33.6%). Last month The decline in liquid bulk traffic at the airport is accentuated of the Ligurian capital, 564 thousand tons of mineral oils (-39.0%), 18 thousand tons of chemicals (-63.7%) and 15 thousand tons of vegetable oils and wine (-4.7%). In addition Significant reduction in bulk volumes continued with 21 thousand tons handled in the commercial sector (-54.1%) and 63 thousand tons in the industrial sector (-48.2%). In the supply of fuel and on-board supplies that last month stood at 78 thousand tons (+7.4%).

In August 2024, the port of Savona-Vado handled globally 1.52 million tons of goods (+35.5%). In the Miscellaneous goods sector, 565 thousand tons were handled of containerized cargo (+186.8%) and 352 thousand tons of cargo conventional (+18.7%). In terms of TEUs, container traffic amounted to 50,071 boxes (+73.7%), of which 46,621 TEUs handled by APM Terminals (+89.9%) and 3,450 TEUs by Reefer Terminal (-19.3%). In Savona-Vado, if the reduction in the volumes of bulk cargo has become more pronounced as they have been handled 403 thousand tons of mineral oils (-23.1%) and 5 thousand tons of vegetable oils and wine (+54.7%), on the other hand, is significantly increased the volume of dry bulk cargo to a total of 185 thousand tons (+99.0%). Bunker supplies and on-board supplies amounted to over 5 thousand tons (+16.2%).

As for passenger traffic, last month in the port of Genoa cruise passengers were 179 thousand (-6.6%) and passengers on the 577 thousand ferries (-0.5%) while in the port of Savona cruise passengers There were 65 thousand (-7.7%) and 133 thousand ferry passengers (+53,0%).

In the first eight months of 2024, the two Ligurian ports handled a total of 32.17 million tons of goods, with a slight growth of +0.2% over the same period last year year, of which 32.56 million tons handled in Genoa (-1.2%) and 10.61 million tons in Savona-Vado (+4.6%). In the In the container segment alone, the first port handled 1,656,524 TEU (+1.9%) and the second 222,594 TEUs (-3.0%).