In the 2016 managed harbour terminal of Contship Italy they have enlivened 6,4 million container (+1.7%)



Last year the managed harbour terminals from the group Contship Italy have enlivened a traffic of the container pairs almost 6,4 million teu, with a progression of +1.7% regarding 2015. The landings place operated from the group have received 6,888 ships, in increase of +4% regarding the year precedence.

In the single Italian terminals of the group the traffic has been pairs to 5,2 million teu, with an increment of +4.8% regarding the year precedence. The traffic volume has turned out in increase to the Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT), that it is the terminal that enlivens the entire containerized trade of the port of Gioia Tauro, that it has totaled almost 2,8 million teu (+10%), and to Salerno Container Terminal (SCT) of the port of Salerno that has enlivened 357 thousand teu (+10%). In light bending, instead, the volumes enlivened to the port of from La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT), that it has less dealt than 1,2 million teu (- 2%), to the port of Cagliari, where the Cagliari International Container Terminal (CICT) has enlivened 671 thousand teu (- 2%) and to the port of Ravenna with the Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) that it has enlivened 204 thousand (- 4%).

In the 2016 in the Moroccan port of Tanger Med Eurogate Tanger, society participated from Contship Italy, has less enlivened than 1,2 million teu (- 10%).

Moreover last year it has turned out in increase (+9.7%) the traffic managed from the intermodal participated ones of the group, with Hannibal who has enlivened a volume pairs to 271 thousand teu (247 thousand in 2015), Oceanogate Italy that has operated almost 1,2 million train-km (1,1 million) and Rail Hub that has operated 5,896 trains (5,870).

Introducing today the traffic results, Contship Italy has evidenced that if the solutions Southern Gateway of the group in order to serve the markets of the South and Centro Europa continue to collect the interest of the market, above all regarding the enlivened marine traffics through La Spezia, the recovery of the volumes legacies to the transhipment remain instead beneath of the expectations in the hub of Tangeri, Cagliari and Gioia Tauro.

Relatively to the enlivened traffic to Gioia Tauro, where MCT has recently accommodated the greatest container vessel never berthed in an Italian port with 20.000 teu of ability, it has found that the positive impact of the measures of control of the costs has contributed to the partial resumption of the volumes in a phase of general inactivity of the field of the shipping. The company has anticipated that "ulterior rationalizations of the processes and the costs will be necessary in 2017 in order to consolidate the recovery trend and to assure the solidity financial institution of the company in the mean and long period".

As for the port of Salerno, Contship Italy SCT has remembered that continuous to strengthen own infrastructural ability preparing itself to receive, in 2017, the ships from 10.000 teu when the plan of dredging of the backdrops is completed.

For the port of La Spezia, the group has confirmed the strategy of development centralized on the possibilities offered from the intermodal connections of Hannibal between the dock of La Spezia Container Terminal and the markets, services - it has emphasized Contship Italy - that they afford to the final loaders beyond alpe "benefitting of options alternatives in order to manage the risks of interruption and/or slow down of own supply chain".

While, relatively to the management of the port of, the Liguria Region has communicated to have named admiral Roberto Camerini, already commander of the Military Department Marine North, which own representative inside of the future Committee of management of the Authority of Harbour System of the Ligurian Sea Oriental, the new agency that, succeeding to the Harbour Authorities of La Spezia and naval of Carrara, will manage the two ports of call.

"We have opted - the president of the Liguria Region has explained, Giovanni Toti - for a choice of high institutional and moral profile in order to contribute to throw again, with greater vigor, the centrality and the strategic role of the port of in the economic life and social of the city, after notes judicial events that of it have distorted the order. We believe that Roberto Camerini represents these characteristics rightfully and is convinced that will know to at best interpret the new role that we have entrusted to it".