In the first nine months of 2025, the port of La Spezia handled 9.56 million tons of goods, with an increase in by +4.5% on the same period last year, which was driven by the growth of liquid bulk cargo, while the volumes of loads handled in the miscellaneous goods segment were Stable. In particular, liquid bulk cargo, with a total of 1.18 million tons, recorded an increase of +61.6% determined by the marked increases of +57.6% in natural gas liquefied waste rose to 1.06 million tons and refined oil products amounted to 116 thousand tons (+110.5%). In Solid bulk cargo also grew with 16 thousand tons (+35.8%). The amounted to 8.36 million tonnes (-0.5%), of of which 8.35 million tons of containerized goods (+0.5%) Made with a container handling of 923,471 TEUs (+2.3%) - including 850,053 TEUs in import-export (+2.1%) and 73,418 TEUs in transit (+5.1%) - and 9 thousand tons of conventional goods (-90,3%).

The total number of goods handled by rail in the port of La Spezia in the first nine months of this year was 2.41 million tons (+6.1%) transported by 5,628 (+4.3%).

Cruise traffic also increased with over 630 thousand passengers (+10.2%).

The other port of call administered by the Authority of the Port System of the Eastern Ligurian Sea, that of Marina di Carrara, marked an increase in traffic that in the period January-September of 2026 was 3.62 million tons (+6.9%), of which 494 thousand tons of dry bulk (+4.5%), 1.04 million tons of containerized goods (+3.3%) handled by handling 79,978 TEUs (+4.9%), 1.57 million TEUs tons of rolling stock (+6.9%) and 512 thousand tons of other goods miscellaneous (+17.4%). Total rail traffic was 155 thousand tons (+22.2%) transported by 248 trains (+15.8%). In the Cruise sector traffic fell by -59.2% having been 11 thousand passengers.

"The figures for the nine months - commented the president of the Port Authority, Bruno Pisano - are very satisfactory and demonstrate the holding capacity of the ports of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara, despite the objective difficulties posed by the current geopolitical and socio-economic scenarios. We have improved volumes of 2024 where growth had already been very interesting. In particular, the always excellent percentage of rail transport, which confirms us to be the most advanced in the Italian panorama, like some northern European airports, confirms the commitment of the Port Authority to the development of intermodality".