After seven quarters of decline, in the fourth quarterly period of 2014, 2024 freight traffic in the port of La Spezia recorded a increase of +1.0% generated by the increase in volumes of general cargo which more than compensated for the decline in bulk cargo. In the October-December period of last year, the Ligurian port handled a total of 3.07 million tons of cargo compared to 3.04 million in the corresponding period of 2023. The of miscellaneous goods alone was 3.01 million tons (+10.9%), including 3.0 million tons of cargo containerized products (+10.3%) made with a handling of containers equal to 336 thousand TEUs (+10.5%), including 310 thousand TEUs at the disembarkation/embarkation (+9.2%) and 26 thousand TEUs in transhipment (+29.1%), and 34 thousand tons of other miscellaneous goods (+95.5%). In the bulk sector traffic was 61 thousand tons, with a decrease of -80.6% which, as for the rest of the year - recalled the Port System Authority of the Ligurian Sea Eastern - discounts the comparison with the previous period of crisis energy in which the Panigaglia terminal had recorded volumes growing rapidly to meet the needs of the country. Bulk with almost a thousand tons, marked a decrease of -92,1%.

In the last quarter of 2024, cruise traffic at the Spezia was 51 thousand passengers (-67.4%).

In the whole of 2024, freight traffic in the La Spezia port is 12.2 million tonnes, down -1.7% year-on-year previous. Miscellaneous goods amounted to a total of 11.4 million tonnes (+11.2%), of which 11.3 million tonnes of containerized loads (+10.9%) made with a of containers equal to 1,238,258 TEUs (+8.7%), including over 1.1 million disembarkation/embarkation (+6.8%) and 96 thousand transhipment (+38.0%), and 132 thousand tons of other miscellaneous goods (+43.6%). Solid bulk amounted to 13 thousand (-73.3%) and liquid loans to 789 thousand tons (-62.8%).

In the year 2024 the port of Marina di Carrara, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Port Authority of Eastern Liguria, has moved almost 4.9 million tons of goods, with a slight decrease by -0.4% on the previous year. In the miscellaneous goods segment alone The total volume was 4.3 million tons (+14.2%) of which over 1.3 million tons of traffic containerized (-1.3%), with container handling equal to 103,297 TEUs (-0.2%), almost 2.0 million tonnes of rolling stock (+8.4%) and 982 thousand tons of other miscellaneous goods (+68.4%). In the miscellaneous goods sector, 561 thousand tons were handled (-49,6%). Cruise traffic recorded the transit of 27 thousand passengers (+108.6%).