In the last quarter of 2024, the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure have handled a total of 15.80 million tons of goods, with an increase of +4.7% on the same period of the previous year. In the miscellaneous goods sector, the Growth in container traffic, with 6.56 million tons (+6.5%) for a container handling of 696,076 TEUs (+4.3%), offset the -1.4% decline in conventional goods fell to 3.48 million tons. In the bulk sector mineral oils amounted to 4.62 million tons (+8.1%) and other types of cargo to 216 thousand tons (+27.2%). Dry bulk in the commercial segment is increased by +8.3% to 553 thousand tons, while in the decreased by -29.5% to 190 thousand tons. The total volume of fuel and supply supplies was 187 thousand tons (+3.8%).

In the last quarter of 2024, cruise traffic in the two Ligurian ports fell by -21.4% to 584 thousand passengers and a reduction was also recorded by the ferries with 280 thousand passengers (-2.7%).

In the fourth quarter of last year, the port of Genoa alone handled 11.63 million tons of goods (+2.4%), while traffic in Savona-Vado was 4.17 million tons (+11.6%).

In the whole of 2024, the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado handled a total of 64.49 million tons of goods, with an increase of +1.2% on the previous year. In the field of Container traffic was 26.83 million tons (+5.7%) and was carried out with a movement of containers equal to 2,820,501 TEUs (+2.9%). Conventional goods, equal to 14.52 million tons, marked a slight increase by +0.6%. The traffic of mineral oils was 18.36 million tonnes (-2.9%) and that of other liquid bulk of 888 thousand tons (+5.6%). Solid bulk of the segment amounted to 2.40 million tonnes (+7.8%) and those of the industrial segment to 750 thousand tons (-37.2%). The annual volume of bunkers and on-board supplies was 732 thousand tons (-2.1%).

Last year, cruises, with 2.28 million passengers, suffered a decrease of -10.8% and ferries, with 2.72 million passengers, an increase of +1.4%.

In the whole of 2024, the port of Genoa handled 48.17 million of tons of goods (-0.9%) and the port of Savona-Vado 16.27 million tons (+7.3%).