The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) today announced the latest update on the second quarter of this year, of Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI), the index designed by the organization to identify the degree to which nations are integrated into the global network of Containerized sea freight services. The index is was redefined last March and takes into account six Components: the number of scheduled ship calls per week in the nation; the annual handling capacity of containerized cargoes (in TEU containers) of the nation; The number regular scheduled services to and from the country; The number of Scheduled shipping companies providing services to and from the nation; the hold capacity (in TEU) of the vessel plus great employee in services to and from the nation; the number of others Countries connected to the nation via ocean freight services direct lines (which do not require transhipment operations). The index generation provides that, for each component, the the data of the country is divided by the average figure of the component in the first quarter of 2023 and then the average of the six members of the nation. The average of the components for a given country and a given quarter is then multiplied by 100. The result is an average LSCI of 100 in the first quarter of 2019. 2023. All other indices are related to this value (in the March 2024 The entire dataset has been recalculated on the based on this reference).

In the second quarter of 2024, the LSCI index for Italy is 286, unchanged from the same quarter of 2023 and an increase of three points compared to the first quarter of 2024.

Today, UNCTAD also released the latest reported update to the second quarter of this year of Port Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (PLSCI), the index that identifies the integration of of a port in the global networks of maritime services containerized. This index has also been redefined in 2024 with the aim of better reflecting the current characteristics of the container ports. As of this year, the PLSCI is a index set at 100 in relation to the average value of the port connectivity in the first quarter of 2023. The PLSCI is generated on the basis of six components: the number of scheduled ship calls per week in the port; Capacity annual container traffic (in TEU) offered by the port; the number of regular scheduled sea freight services to and from the port; the number of liner shipping companies provide services to and from the port; Capacity (in TEU) of the largest vessel used in services to and from the port; the number of other ports connected to the port via services direct liner shipping (which do not require transhipment operations).

In first place in the ranking of Italian ports that have the best connection to the world's network of services Containerised seafarers still figure Genoa with an index of 418.3, up +5.5% on the second quarter of 2023. At followed by the port of Gioia Tauro with an index of 314.5 (-4.4%) and third place went to the port of La Spezia with an index of 260.2 (+12.8%). This is followed by the ports of Salerno (index 197.0; +5.8%), Livorno (index 165,3; -15.8%), Trieste (index 154.6; +2.6%), Naples (index 128.2; -18.9%), Venice (index 106.8; +0.9%), Civitavecchia (index 85.9; -8.9%), Vado Ligure (index 85.9; -26.9%), Ancona (index 79.2; +10.4%), Ravenna (index 77.1; -11.0%), Taranto (index 31.5; +9.5%), Marina di Carrara (index 26.5; -21.6%) and Cagliari (index 26,1; -39,4%).