Thanks to the increase of +15.3% recorded in the second half of the year of the year compared to the same period in 2023 which has more which offset the -6.4% drop in freight traffic in the first six months of 2024, the port of Venice closed the whole of 2024 with a growth of +3.6% in volumes of loads handled amounted to 24.1 million tons compared to 23.3 million tonnes in the previous year. In 2024 the goods at the landing alone amounted to 19.5 million tons (+4.8%) and those on board at 4.6 million tons (-1,2%).

Last year, the total traffic of general goods was remained stable with a decrease of -5.0% in goods containerized vehicles dropped to 4.8 million tons, with a container handling of 478,837 TEUs (-2.5%), and increases of +3.0% and +6.1% respectively in rolling stock and of other miscellaneous goods rose to 2.3 million and 2.5 million Tons. Liquid bulk cargo totaled over 7.1 million of tonnes (+7.1%), of which 5.7 million tonnes of products refined oil (+10.7%), 1.1 million tonnes of chemicals (-4.6%) and 325 thousand tons of other cargoes (-7,2%). Dry bulk cargo also grew with almost 7.3 million of tonnes (+5.8%), of which 2.0 million tonnes of products metallurgical (-$7.7), 1.9 million tons of minerals (+28.0%), 1.6 million tonnes of feed, fodder and seeds oily (+37.2%), 634 thousand tons of coal (-43.1%), 482 thousand tons tons of cereals (+0.7%), 177 thousand tons of products chemical (+41.3%) and 425 thousand tons of other dry bulk (+42,4%).

Last year in the passenger sector, cruise passengers were 548 thousand (+7.8%), of which 487 thousand at disembarkation/embarkation (+8.9%) and 61 thousand in transit (-0.3%), while ferry passengers are 62 thousand states (-31.4%).

In the second half of 2024 alone, the growth of +15.3% in the traffic of goods over the same period of the previous year, with a total of 12.4 million tons handled, was generated by significant increases in liquid bulk volumes and solid water assets rose to 3.8 million tonnes (+12.5%) and more than 3.9 million tons (+37.7%). More the increase in miscellaneous goods was limited, amounting to 4.7 million of tonnes (+3.6%), of which 2.4 million tonnes of cargo containerized (-0.6%), 1.1 million tons of ro-ro cargo (+0.5%) and 1.2 million tons of other miscellaneous goods (+17.1%).

In the whole of 2024, the port of Chioggia handled 813 thousand tons of goods (+8.8%).