In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of La Spezia suffered a decrease of -9.4% on the same period of last year determined by a reduction of -2.7% in loading loads that amounted to 1.59 million tons and above all by a more pronounced decline of -18.0% in loads at landing, which amounted to 1.05 million tons, due to the decrease in liquid bulk arrivals that have totalled 147 thousand tonnes (-60.6%), of which 119 thousand tonnes of LNG arriving from Algeria at the Panigaglia regasification terminal (-65,7%). In the first three months of this year, total traffic was state of 2.64 million tonnes compared to 2.91 million tonnes tonnes in the corresponding quarter of 2024.

If in the liquid bulk sector, all at landing, the contraction in volumes was significant, in that of the the decline was limited as they were 2.49 million tons handled (-1.9%), of which 2.49 million tonnes of containerised goods (-1.2%) made with a Container handling of 276,182 TEUs (+0.8%) - included 260,087 TEUs in import/export (+3.2%) and 16,095 TEUs transhipped (-27.1%) - and less than 5 thousand tons of conventional goods (-80,7%).

The decline in cruise traffic was also marked, which was state of less than 9 thousand passengers, with a decrease of -83.0% on the first quarter of 2024. The Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea specified that the decline in this first part of the year is due to a different scheduling of stopovers by the companies that will intensify in the second and third quarters.

In the first quarter of 2025, the port of Marina di Carrara 1.07 million tons of goods handled, with an increase of +3.7% generated by the +6.9% increase in miscellaneous goods up to 960 thousand tons, of which 498 thousand tons of rolling stock (+9.9%), 314 thousand tons of goods in containers (-5.2%) totaled handling 23,499 TEUs (-4.0%) and 148 thousand tons of goods conventional (+29.9%). Dry bulk cargo, with 157 thousand tons, recorded a contraction of -12.2% due to the -35.1% reduction in minerals and building materials down to 96 thousand tons, while metallurgical products marked a increase of +96.5% rising to 61 thousand tons.