Last October, the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure 5.66 million tons of goods handled, with an increase +7.2% on October 2023, of which 4.10 million tonnes in the port of the Ligurian capital (+2.5%) and 1.56 million tons in the Savona port (+21.9%).

In Genoa, the traffic of miscellaneous goods recorded a decrease of -7.2% to 2.60 million tonnes, of which 1.76 million tons of container cargo (-9.3%) Made with a container handling of 193,944 TEUs (-6.5%) and 839 thousand tons of conventional goods (-2.4%). Are Dry bulk cargo also decreased, totaling 111 thousand tons (-8.9%), including 53 thousand tons handled in the commercial sector (+74.8%) and 35 thousand tons in the industrial (-61.4%). Liquid bulk cargo, on the other hand, grew by +33.4% rising to 1.34 million tonnes, of which 1.28 million tonnes tons of mineral oils (+31.7%), 34 thousand tons of products chemicals (+37.9%) and 26 thousand tons of vegetable oils and wine (+214,7%). The volume of on-board supplies and fuels is remained stable at 70 thousand tons.

The significant increase in monthly traffic in the port of Savona-Vado was generated by the increase in various and from liquid bulk cargo. In the first sector, the 340 thousand tons of containerized goods (+38.0%) made with container handling of 33,542 TEUs (+20.6%) and 496 thousand tons of conventional goods (+28.5%). Liquid bulk cargo has benefited from the +24.1% growth in mineral oils to 642 thousand tons, while mineral oils and wine marked a decrease in -44% having been equal to 5 thousand tons. Dry bulk is amounted to 80 thousand tons (-33.6%). Bunker and On-board supplies amounted to over 2 thousand tons (-56,3%).

Last October, moreover, the decline in the cruise traffic in both Ligurian ports, with the port of Genoa which stopped at 211 thousand passengers (-15.2%) and that of Savona to 100 thousand (-29.2%). It has remained stable, instead, the ferry traffic that in Genoa was 136 thousand passengers (+0.6%) and 15 thousand passengers in Savona-Vado (+0,1%).

In the first ten months of 2024, the port of Genoa has handled 40.64 million tonnes of goods, with a decrease of -1.3% on the same period of last year. Goods in containers amounted to 19.28 million tons (+2.4%) with a container handling of 2,053,029 TEUs (+1.8%). Conventional goods fell by -2.8% to 8.43 million tonnes. In the dry bulk segment there are 580 thousand tons were handled in the commercial sector (+3.0%) and 595 thousand tons in the industrial sector (-41.4%). In the of liquid bulk cargo the traffic of mineral oils was 10.51 million tonnes (-3.3%), that of chemical products of 394 thousand tons (+2.8%) and the traffic of vegetable oils and wine of 266 thousand tons (+13.4%).

In Savona-Vado, the first ten months of this year have ended with a total of 13.71 million tonnes of goods (+7.4%), of which 3.09 million tons of containerized cargo (+19.9%) carried out by handling 298,882 TEUs (+2.2%), 3.94 million TEUs tonnes of conventional goods (+13.4%), 1.40 million tonnes of tonnes of dry bulk (+7.4%), 5.16 million tonnes of mineral oils (-1.9%) and 77 thousand tons of vegetable oils and wine (-18,7%).

In the first ten months of 2024, cruise traffic in the port of the Ligurian capital was 1.38 million passengers (-7.7%) and in the port of Savona-Vado of 630 thousand passengers (-11,4%). In the ferry segment, traffic volumes were respectively of 2.21 million passengers (-0.2%) and 382 thousand passengers (+14.9%).