Last March, the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure handled a total of 5.33 million tons of goods, with a decrease of -6.1% on March 2025. The decline was generated by the contraction of traffic in the port of the capital Ligurian which was equal to 3.87 million tons (-8.3%), of which 2.77 million tonnes in the Genoa basin (-9.2%) and 1.10 million tons in that of Pra' (-5.9%), while the traffic in the port of Savona-Vado remained stable as it was amounted to 1.46 million tons (+0.2%), of which 453 thousand tons in the Savona basin (-9.3%), 372 thousand tons in the Vado basin (-28.0%) and 631 thousand tons of oil traffic at the buoy field in the Vado roadstead (+44.6%).

Last March in the two ports administered by the Authority of the Port System of the Western Ligurian Sea traffic alone of miscellaneous goods was 3.39 million tons (-8.1%), of which 2.18 million tons of cargo containerized products (-15.0%) made with a handling of containers equal to 234,215 TEUs (-14.9%), 1.10 million tons of rolling stock (+9.1%) and 106 thousand tons of conventional and forestry (-3.6%). In the liquid bulk sector, 1.55 million tons of mineral oils handled (+4.8%), 47 thousand tons of chemicals (+62.5%) and 24 thousand tons vegetable oils and wine (-39.1%). In the dry bulk sector Commercial traffic was 189 thousand tons (-16.9%) and the industrial sector of 60 thousand tons (-63.3%). In the Bunker and ship's supply segment are 64 thousand tons (+40.0%) were handled.

In March 2026, cruise traffic was 152 thousand passengers (+44.0%) and that of ferries of 50 thousand passengers (+3,9%).

In the first three months of this year, the total traffic of the was 15.01 million tonnes, with a decrease of -3.8% over the corresponding period of 2025, of which 11.23 million tons in the port of Genoa (-2.7%), including 7.97 million tonnes in the Genoa basin (-5.5%) and 3.26 million tonnes million tons in that of Pra' (+4.8%), and 3.78 million tons tons in the port of Savona-Vado (-6.9%), including 1.22 million tons tons in the Savona basin (-7.1%), 831 thousand tons in the Vado basin (-32.0%) and 1.72 million tons in the roadstead of Vado (+13.6%).

In the quarter, the traffic of miscellaneous goods alone amounted to 9.34 million tonnes (-4.9%), of which 6.20 million tonnes tonnes of containerised goods (-9.2%) totalled with a handling of containers equal to 677,621 TEUs (-6.6%), 2.89 million tons of rolling stock (+7.6%) and 256 thousand tons of conventional and forestry goods (-17.2%). Oil trafficking was 4.53 million tonnes (+3.0%) and that of other liquid bulk cargo of 214 thousand tons (+11.6%), of which 133 thousand tons of chemicals (+48.3%) and 80 thousand tons tons of vegetable oils and wine (-20.9%). Commercial traffic of dry bulk cargo was 579 thousand tons (-15.9%) and the industrial one by 177 thousand tons (-49.6%). The supplies of bunkers and on-board supplies amounted to 159 thousand tons (+9,5%).

In the first three months of 2025, there were 366 thousand cruise passengers (+40.4%) and ferry passengers 158 thousand (+1.8%).